Internet of Things as Intimating for Pregnant Women’s Healthcare: An Impending Privacy Issues

Mir Sajjad Hussain Talpur (Central South University)
Murtaza Hussain Shaikh (Member IEEE, Oslo)
Riaz Ali Buriro (Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam)
Hira Sajjad Talpur (Huazhong Agriculture University)
Fozia Talpur (Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam)
Hina Shafi (Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam)
Munazza Ahsan Shaikh (Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences)

Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Vol 12, No 6: June 2014

Ingeniously, the innovations are taking place in current medical era, where IoT is a key and its related technology plays a dynamic role in pregnant women care taking inside hospital and outside. IoT ensure the effective and efficient care of pregnant women in any environment because intelligent tiny devices like RF-Tags, sensors are attached with pregnant women, and all the activities of pregnant women can be monitored by professional medical staff from anywhere and anytime. The usage of these advanced technologies in pregnant women care environment, absolutely eradicates the pregnancy complications and harmful incidents, but also raises privacy, religious, ethical, legal and social issues. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the usage of IoT in pregnant women healthcare environments and articulates endorsements to promote research then can guarantee that the pregnant women’s privacy is preserved. DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/telkomnika.v12i6.4227