Using Smart City Technology to Make Healthcare Smarter

• Published in: Proceedings of the IEEE Vol. 106; no. 4; pp. 708 - 722
• Main Authors: Cook, Diane J., Duncan, Glen, Sprint, Gina, Fritz, Roschelle L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01.04.2018; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Activity recognition; Electronic healthcare; Feature extraction; Health care; Information and communication technology; Intelligent sensors; Machine learning; Medical services; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; mobile health; pervasive computing; Smart cities; smart environments; Utilities; smart cities; mobile health; pervasive computing; smart environments; activity recognition
• ISSN: 0018-9219; 1558-2256
• DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2017.2787688

Smart cities use information and communication technologies (ICTs) to scale services include utilities and transportation to a growing population. In this paper, we discuss how smart city ICTs can also improve healthcare effectiveness and lower healthcare cost for smart city residents. We survey current literature and introduce original research to offer an overview of how smart city infrastructure supports strategic healthcare using both mobile and ambient sensors combined with machine learning. Finally, we consider challenges that will be faced as healthcare providers make use of these opportunities.