How can health professionals contribute to the internet of things body of knowledge: A phenomenography study
VINE Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems
ISSN: 2059-5891
Article publication date: 12 March 2019
Issue publication date: 17 May 2019
Abstract
Purpose
Internet of Things (IoT) as the new technological paradigm has found many applications in different domains. Nowadays, more than 30,000 records related to IoT research can be accessed in Scopus (Scopus.com). Health care is the one of domains which benefits from IoT. However, observations indicate that most active researchers in this area are technical people not health professionals. The purpose of this paper is to understand how health professionals can contribute to the IoT body of knowledge.
Design/methodology/approach
IoT professionals are asked to provide their views regarding research concerns, and the collected data are analyzed by phenomenography research methodology.
Findings
Findings indicate that health professionals can contribute through providing information, requirement or standards for developing IoT systems or devices. They can also introduce new applications or domains for which IoT is fit.
Originality/value
This paper tries to fill the gap concerning the lack of attention to undertaking IoT-related research from health professionals’ side and highlights ways that health professionals can contribute IoT body of knowledge.
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Acknowledgements
The authors thank Dr Adriana Marcela Vega, District University – Francisco Jose de Caldas, Bogotá – Colombia, and Dr Rajkumar Buyya, CLOUDS Lab, School of Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne, Australia, for their helps during this research.
Citation
Dadkhah, M., Lagzian, M. and Santoro, G. (2019), "How can health professionals contribute to the internet of things body of knowledge: A phenomenography study", VINE Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems, Vol. 49 No. 2, pp. 229-240. https://doi.org/10.1108/VJIKMS-10-2018-0091
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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