A Framework on Positioning of Medical Sensors in Healthcare Domain

In the last several years, the incorporation of sensor technology into our everyday routines has resulted in improved comfort, convenience, and overall wellbeing. The size and cost of medical sensors have decreased as a consequence of technical improvements that have improved their use. Medical sensors make “remote health monitoring, surgical procedures, therapy, and rehabilitation” more efficient and practical. We provide an in-depth historical overview of medical sensors during the last fifty years, emphasising their use in clinical settings. The evaluation also examines the impact of IoT on the advancement of sensor technologies and the uses of such technologies in healthcare. We also examine the benefits and drawbacks of several integrated architectures that have been recently proposed for the smooth integration of different medical sensors with novel paradigms and technologies, including those that are located at the edge, in the cloud, in the middle (mobile cloud computing), and in the sky (fog computing) of the network. We conclude by outlining the next challenges that must be overcome in order to fully actualize the best potential and benefits of medical sensor technologies and, in the end, build a robust, scalable, reliable, and affordable healthcare system.