A Cloud-IoT based sensing service for health monitoring

Abstract

In the context of demographic ageing the Ambient Assisted Living is a priority approach in healthcare for elderly, with health monitoring (HM) as a central activity. The Cloud-IoT architecture integrates cloud computing and Internet of Things technologies to highlight the advantages derived from their complementarities. The sensing service is aimed at improving the sensor data accessibility and usage. Starting from the overall scenario of this service, the paper proposes an HM oriented Sensing Service scenario (HM-SS) with the aim to improve the service quality and accessibility, considering the increasing interest for this service which comes not only from large medical facilities but also from small ones (clinics, general practitioners) where the outpatient setting is specific. The interaction of the medical staff with the sensing service provider for the service setting up and its operation is detailed and main implementation rules are formulated.