Assessment of IoMT-Based Remote Patient Monitoring Used to Support Healthcare System in Kirkuk City
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Recently, Internet of Medical Things (IoMT)-based telemedicine applications are acquiring increasing attention. This is due to their benefits, especially during pandemic circumstances. A popular example is the Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) system, whose performance crucially depends on the components used, mainly the available Internet connectivity. Since similar RPM systems operating in different areas can perform differently, the reliability of these systems is questionable. Therefore, in this paper, the reliability of an RPM system is assessed and tested under realistic operation conditions in Kirkuk city. The purpose is to figure out to what extent the RPM system is applicable under the locally available technologies. Extensive tests by using a 12 Mbps optical Internet connection and two different cloud platforms show that the system encountered a maximum delay of about 59 seconds with an average availability exceeding 98%. The tests proved the robustness of the system, and it is henceforth recommended for practical application in Kirkuk city to support the healthcare system.
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