Characteristics of IoT health data

Abstract

Among the variety of applications enabled by the Internet of Things (IoT), healthcare is the most attractive and vital. A lot (volume) of different types (variety) of health data are captured in real time (velocity) by the network of sensors either put on the body or placed in living environments while maintaining the correctness (veracity) of data. These captured health data are then aggregated and analyzed either locally or in the cloud, which is bringing a positive transformation in healthcare. These four V’s, namely, volume, variety, velocity, and veracity are known as the characteristics of IoT health data. As a result, this work mainly focuses on these characteristics. © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.