IoT MEMS: IoT-Based Paradigm for Medical Equipment Management Systems of ICUs in Light of COVID-19 Outbreak

Recently, COVID-19 has infected a lot of people around the world. The healthcare systems are overwhelmed because of this virus. The intensive care unit (ICU) as a part of the healthcare sector has faced several challenges due to the poor information quality provided by current ICUs’ medic...

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Main Authors: Abdulaziz Aborujilah, Abubaker-Eseddig Fathi Mahmoud Elsebaie, Shamsul Anuar Mokhtar
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Published: IEEE 2021-01-01
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9388663/
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author Abdulaziz Aborujilah
Abubaker-Eseddig Fathi Mahmoud Elsebaie
Shamsul Anuar Mokhtar
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Shamsul Anuar Mokhtar
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description Recently, COVID-19 has infected a lot of people around the world. The healthcare systems are overwhelmed because of this virus. The intensive care unit (ICU) as a part of the healthcare sector has faced several challenges due to the poor information quality provided by current ICUs’ medical equipment management. IoT has raised the ability for vital data transfer in the healthcare sector of the new century. However, most of the existing paradigms have adopted IoT technology to track patients’ health statuses. Therefore, there is a lack of understanding on how to utilize such technology for ICUs’ medical equipment management. This paper proposes a novel IoT-based paradigm called IoT Based Paradigm for Medical Equipment Management Systems (IoT MEMS) to manage medical equipment of ICUs efficiently. It employs IoT technology to enhance the information flow between medical equipment management systems (THIS) and ICUs during the COVID-19 outbreak to ensure the highest level of transparency and fairness in reallocating medical equipment. We described in detail the theoretical and practical aspects of IoT MEMS. Adopting IoT MEMS will enhance hospital capacity and capability in mitigating COVID-19 efficiently. It will also positively influence the information quality of (THIS) and strengthen trust and transparency among the stakeholders.
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spelling doaj.art-af27f130fc664fcc9a9ab340c63f5fb42022-12-21T18:32:02ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362021-01-01913112013113310.1109/ACCESS.2021.30692559388663IoT MEMS: IoT-Based Paradigm for Medical Equipment Management Systems of ICUs in Light of COVID-19 OutbreakAbdulaziz Aborujilah0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7497-4321Abubaker-Eseddig Fathi Mahmoud Elsebaie1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5031-9824Shamsul Anuar Mokhtar2Malaysian Institute of Information Technology (MIIT), University of Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaMalaysian Institute of Information Technology (MIIT), University of Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaMalaysian Institute of Information Technology (MIIT), University of Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaRecently, COVID-19 has infected a lot of people around the world. The healthcare systems are overwhelmed because of this virus. The intensive care unit (ICU) as a part of the healthcare sector has faced several challenges due to the poor information quality provided by current ICUs’ medical equipment management. IoT has raised the ability for vital data transfer in the healthcare sector of the new century. However, most of the existing paradigms have adopted IoT technology to track patients’ health statuses. Therefore, there is a lack of understanding on how to utilize such technology for ICUs’ medical equipment management. This paper proposes a novel IoT-based paradigm called IoT Based Paradigm for Medical Equipment Management Systems (IoT MEMS) to manage medical equipment of ICUs efficiently. It employs IoT technology to enhance the information flow between medical equipment management systems (THIS) and ICUs during the COVID-19 outbreak to ensure the highest level of transparency and fairness in reallocating medical equipment. We described in detail the theoretical and practical aspects of IoT MEMS. Adopting IoT MEMS will enhance hospital capacity and capability in mitigating COVID-19 efficiently. It will also positively influence the information quality of (THIS) and strengthen trust and transparency among the stakeholders.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9388663/Coronavirus (COVID-19 Pandemic)medical equipment management systemMEMSIoTInternet of Thingstotal hospital information systems
spellingShingle Abdulaziz Aborujilah
Abubaker-Eseddig Fathi Mahmoud Elsebaie
Shamsul Anuar Mokhtar
IoT MEMS: IoT-Based Paradigm for Medical Equipment Management Systems of ICUs in Light of COVID-19 Outbreak
IEEE Access
Coronavirus (COVID-19 Pandemic)
medical equipment management system
MEMS
IoT
Internet of Things
total hospital information systems
title IoT MEMS: IoT-Based Paradigm for Medical Equipment Management Systems of ICUs in Light of COVID-19 Outbreak
title_full IoT MEMS: IoT-Based Paradigm for Medical Equipment Management Systems of ICUs in Light of COVID-19 Outbreak
title_fullStr IoT MEMS: IoT-Based Paradigm for Medical Equipment Management Systems of ICUs in Light of COVID-19 Outbreak
title_full_unstemmed IoT MEMS: IoT-Based Paradigm for Medical Equipment Management Systems of ICUs in Light of COVID-19 Outbreak
title_short IoT MEMS: IoT-Based Paradigm for Medical Equipment Management Systems of ICUs in Light of COVID-19 Outbreak
title_sort iot mems iot based paradigm for medical equipment management systems of icus in light of covid 19 outbreak
topic Coronavirus (COVID-19 Pandemic)
medical equipment management system
MEMS
IoT
Internet of Things
total hospital information systems
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9388663/
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