The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT)

7Evolution of Electronic Health Records

G. Umashankar^*, Abinaya P., J. Premkumar, T. Sudhakar and S. Krishnakumar

Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India

Abstract

IoMT is a connected infrastructure of medical devices, software applications health system, and services. The following is integrated in various forms of medical applications. The evolution of IoMT starts from the 1500 and the era still has a dramatic growth. The evolution of electronic health records (EHRs) began in the 1960s and has its own importance in the future. The EHRs automate and streamline the clinician’s workflow and make the process easy. It has the ability to generate the complete history of the patient and also help in assisting for the further treatment which helps in the recovery of the patient in a more effective way. The EHRs are designed according to the convenience depending on the sector it is being implemented. The main aim of EHRs was to make it available to the concerned person wherever they are to reduce the work load to maintain clinical book records and use the details for research purposes with the concerned person’s acknowledgement. Thus, with the influence of the IoT, the process of maintaining the medical records has become even more easy and effective.

Keywords: IoMT, EHR, sensors, health data, data security

7.1 Introduction

Electronic health records (EHRs) are an essential component of the healthcare industry because ...