Healthcare Magazine September 2020 | Page 68

TECHNOLOGY | IOT
68 illnesses by coordinating atmospheric conditions with a patient ’ s symptoms : “ IoT could enable the low-cost capture of much more data from both patients and their environment ( air quality , temperature , humidity , etc .) to correlate specific health problems with other elements that could not be measured before .” Antonio Espingardeiro , a member of the IEEE ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ) and software expert , takes this one

“ It is still early days in terms of achieving the full potential benefits of deploying IoT in healthcare ”

— Michael Chui , Partner , McKinsey Institute
SUMMER / AUTUMN 2020