The Healthcare IoT Ecosystem: Advantages of Fog Computing Near the Edge

The IoT (Internet of Things) provides numerous opportunities for the connected healthcare industry, especially in the distributed cloud environment known as fog which resides in a middle architectural layer adjacent to edge devices. This tutorial provides an overview of recent research and industry advances focusing on connected health technologies: fog concepts and architectures; development and lifecycle frameworks; security vulnerabilities, threats and best practices; and connected medical device regulations.