Guest Editorial A Secured and Privacy-Preserved Smart Health Monitoring and Improvement System

The thirteen papers in this special section focuses on the development of smart health monitoring systems. The rapid growth of smart healthcare applications is made possible by the advancements in the Internet of Things (IoT). The IoT collect data related to healthcare, public safety, energy, and behavior monitoring that provides useful information to a variety of applications. For example, in a smart health monitoring and improvement (SHAMI) system, healthcare professionals share the medical data of patients for a better and quick diagnosis of a disease. The integrity of electronic medical records and medical reports is necessary because modified, altered or corrupted medical data can make wrong diagnoses and create serious health issues for any individual. In addition, privacy leakage and medical identity theft is a growing concern and has contributed to a large number of e-fraud cases across the world. Therefore, in this special issue, we aim to focus on the security and privacy of medical data and reports in a smart healthcare application.