Technoeconomic Analysis for Deployment of Gait-Oriented Wearable Medical Internet-of-Things Platform in Catalonia
Codina Barberà, Marc (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Microelectrònica i Sistemes Electrònics)
Castells-Rufas, David (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Microelectrònica i Sistemes Electrònics)
Torrelles Pijuan, Ma Jesús (Servei Català de la Salut)
Carrabina Bordoll, Jordi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Microelectrònica i Sistemes Electrònics)

Date:	2024
Abstract:	The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) extends the concept of eHealth and mHealth for patients with continuous monitoring requirements. This research concentrates on the use of wearable devices based on the use of inertial measurement units (IMUs) that account for a gait analysis for its use in three health cases, equilibrium evaluation, fall prevention and surgery recovery, that impact a large elderly population. We also analyze two different scenarios for data capture: supervised by clinicians and unsupervised during activities of daily life (ADLs). The continuous monitoring of patients produces large amounts of data that are analyzed in specific IoMT platforms that must be connected to the health system platforms containing the health records of the patients. The aim of this study is to evaluate the factors that impact the cost of the deployment of such an IoMT solution. We use population data from Catalonia together with an IoMT deployment model for costs from the current deployment of connected devices for monitoring diabetic patients. Our study reveals the critical dependencies of the proposed IoMT platforms: from the devices and cloud cost, the size of the population using these services and the savings from the current model under key parameters such as fall reduction or rehabilitation duration. Future research should investigate the benefit of continuous monitoring in improving the quality of life of patients.
Grants:	Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2021/SGR-01623
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Digital health ; Health platforms ; Internet of Medical Things
Published in:	Information, Vol. 15, Issue 5 (May 2024) , art. 288, ISSN 2078-2489

DOI: 10.3390/info15050288

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