TY - GEN
T1 - The Integration of Industry 4.0 in Healthcare Quality Improvement
AU - Nwobodo-Anyadiegwu, Eveth
AU - Tambwe, Deborah Baraka
AU - Lumbwe, Alice Kabamba
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 IEEE.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This research aims to examine the impact of integrating industry 4.0 into healthcare quality improvement. As medical research and technology have advanced through the years, the employment of industry 4.0 in the health sector, also termed healthcare 4.0 has emerged. This advancement in healthcare is estimated to improve the quality and service of healthcare, through various technological items that include sensors and wearable devices. There are benefits to healthcare 4.0 such as real-time patient data, cost-effectiveness, and saving of time. However, various empirical studies conducted, have identified major architectural complexity gaps that still need to be rectified before healthcare 4.0 can be fully implemented. The major gap relates to the privacy and security issues associated with the storage of patient data in the cloud storage system, furthermore, the other gap pertains to the lack of healthcare 4.0 in public hospitals in Africa. The review reveals connectivity issues and other obstacles undermining healthcare 4.0 deployment in public hospitals. Healthcare 4.0 is further analyzed and assessed through a variety of comparative studies in Africa, and globally.
AB - This research aims to examine the impact of integrating industry 4.0 into healthcare quality improvement. As medical research and technology have advanced through the years, the employment of industry 4.0 in the health sector, also termed healthcare 4.0 has emerged. This advancement in healthcare is estimated to improve the quality and service of healthcare, through various technological items that include sensors and wearable devices. There are benefits to healthcare 4.0 such as real-time patient data, cost-effectiveness, and saving of time. However, various empirical studies conducted, have identified major architectural complexity gaps that still need to be rectified before healthcare 4.0 can be fully implemented. The major gap relates to the privacy and security issues associated with the storage of patient data in the cloud storage system, furthermore, the other gap pertains to the lack of healthcare 4.0 in public hospitals in Africa. The review reveals connectivity issues and other obstacles undermining healthcare 4.0 deployment in public hospitals. Healthcare 4.0 is further analyzed and assessed through a variety of comparative studies in Africa, and globally.
KW - healthcare
KW - Industry 4.0
KW - quality improvement
KW - review
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85148696596&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICE/ITMC-IAMOT55089.2022.10033265
DO - 10.1109/ICE/ITMC-IAMOT55089.2022.10033265
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85148696596
T3 - 2022 IEEE 28th International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation, ICE/ITMC 2022 and 31st International Association for Management of Technology, IAMOT 2022 Joint Conference - Proceedings
BT - 2022 IEEE 28th International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation, ICE/ITMC 2022 and 31st International Association for Management of Technology, IAMOT 2022 Joint Conference - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 28th IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation, ICE/ITMC 2022 and 31st International Association for Management of Technology, IAMOT 2022 Joint Conference
Y2 - 19 June 2022 through 23 June 2022
ER -
