Collaborative Medical Inventory Resources Using Edge Computing – A Solution to Serve Critical Healthcare Requirements at Public Hospitals

As we move into the age of technology and a truly connected world by the means of IoT. We can bring the healthcare systems to the bedside of the patient. IoT provides us with tools to build such solutions and combining the existing tools with edge computing which extends the scope of cloud computing to the edge of the network, thus enabling a new breed of applications and services to cater the healthcare system. In this paper we discuss about the inventory management of critical life saving equipment which are required during any emergency situation and how to collaboratively share the resources across nearby hospitals.