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for varied healthcare applications. It is also known as smart healthcare and is dedicated not only to clinical laborato- ries, research, and monitoring but also to health insurance. It is due to IoMT remote healthcare services are gaining popularity these days. The patients and doctors are well connected through the interlinked devices without compromise with the treatment quality. The sensors
QUIZ TIME!
1. National Doctors’ Day is dedicated to the memory of
A. Dr B C Roy
B. All the patients whose lives are saved by the doctors
C. The biomedical researchers who are the foundation of medical innovations
D. Continuous exceptional medical innovations
2. Who is the father of IoT?
A. William T.G. Morton
B. Kevin Ashton
C. Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy D. Wilhelm Conrad Rӧntgen
3. What is the full form of TERM?
A. Tata Energy Resource Management
B. Tel. Aviv Research Medical Academy
C. Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
D. Tonnes Equivalent Raw Mineral
4. National Doctors’ Day in India is celebrated on
A. 1 July
B. 7 July
C. 19 July D. 30 March
5. Which chemical is used in anaesthesia?
A. Diethyl ether B. Desflurane C. Chloroform D. Nitrous Oxide
in the devices are capable of forming a network where useful data is collected, processed, transferred, and analysed in various environments.
The wide adoption of innovative products like wearables and other connected health devices for tracking patients’ condition depicts the impor-
Internet of Medical Things in the form of Telemedicine
tance of IoMT devices in the medical sector, proving to be a game-changer technology.
The advantage of such a technology is not only been realized by the doctors; but it is also equally useful to the rest of the medical staff, patients’ guardians, and caretakers. IoMT is aimed to pro- vide flexibility of healthcare operations by being patient-centric. Patient records are saved in a database and can be easily retrieved at the time of require- ment, thus, contributing to saving long waiting times and money. Additionally, advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data, etc. are serving as enabling technologies in maintaining successful overall patient health management.
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