Smart Healthcare: Leveraging AI and Cloud Technologies for Enhanced Medical Solutions

Enhancing Healthcare Access through AI-Driven Remote Patient Monitoring and Telehealth

Author(s): Gopal Krishna, Kapil Joshi*, Amrendra Nath Tripathi and Parvesh Saini

Pp: 1-17 (17)

DOI: 10.2174/9798898813420126010004

* (Excluding Mailing and Handling)

Abstract

AI's integration into healthcare, especially in remote patient monitoring and tele-health, is becoming increasingly important. This article examines the historical development and applications of AI in healthcare, as well as the perceived difficulties and future trends yet to come. The primary objective is to investigate and systematically combine AI with two disciplines characteristic of medical thought: remote patient monitoring and telehealth. It aims to demonstrate how AI can make healthcare services more effective and efficient, changing the face of healthcare completely. In this study, different datasets were collected from various sources, such as medical databases, public health repositories, wearables, and simulated patient data. AI algorithms, which include traditional machine learning as well as deep learning models, were used for data analysis. Through simulation and experiments, the efficacy of AI algorithms in remote patient monitoring and telehealth was validated. The empirical findings of the research reveal that enabling AI predictive analytics, intervening in a timely manner, providing remote consultations, supporting decisionmaking systems, and forming custom-level therapeutic programs, all serve to improve delivery through remote patient monitoring and telehealth greatly. Telehealth solutions driven by AI increase patient involvement, especially amongst those with chronic conditions. Additionally, the integration of AI technologies demonstrates promise in improving diagnostic accuracy and providing personalized healthcare. This study acknowledges challenges such as data privacy, interoperability, ethical concerns, and potential bias within AI algorithms. Overcoming these limitations is crucial for conscientiously and justly implementing AI in healthcare. The future direction of research should focus on improving the security of data, making it more interoperable, developing comprehensive ethical frameworks to address AI's potential biases, and refine the wording in AI models. This will add up to unleashing AI's full potential in remote patient monitoring and telehealth.


Keywords: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data analysis, Data privacy, Healthcare remote patient monitoring, Patient engagement, Predictive analytics, Telehealth.