1 Introduction to Smart Healthcare and Telemedicine Systems

Healthcare is one of the most important sectors that needs the integration of advanced technologies. IoT-enabled sensors, Electronic Health Record (EHR) storage, advanced data analysis algorithms, metaheuristic optimization techniques are helping a traditional healthcare system for becoming smart healthcare. In a pandemic, the recent development of e-healthcare systems and telemedicine systems have proven the significance and necessity of these advancements in the healthcare sector. Smart Healthcare and telemedicine are not the solutions for all health-related problems, but these can be used for addressing many health issues without any physical movement of patients and doctors. The telemedicine system will help in the reduction of an unnecessary crowd in Private and Government Hospitals. Using these kinds of telemedicine platforms, a patient who resides in a Rural Area can get their health consultancy from various available prestigious hospitals and world-class doctors across the globe. This approach increases the efficiency and availability of an expert doctors and medical staff whenever required.