Challenges in IoMT Adoption in Healthcare: Focus on Ethics, Security, and Privacy
This study highlights ethical, security, and privacy barriers to IoMT adoption in developing countries and proposes strategies like regulatory frameworks, data encryption, AI transparency, and professional training to address these challenges. The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) has the potential...
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| author | Alton Mabina Neo Rafifing Boago Seropola Thapelo Monageng Pulafela Majoo |
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| description | This study highlights ethical, security, and privacy barriers to IoMT adoption in developing countries and proposes strategies like regulatory frameworks, data encryption, AI transparency, and professional training to address these challenges. The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) has the potential to revolutionize healthcare by enabling real-time patient monitoring, enhancing diagnostic accuracy, and supporting personalized treatments. However, significant privacy, security, and ethical challenges hinder its widespread adoption, particularly in underdeveloped nations. This study employs the PRISMA methodology to systematically review existing literature and identify key barriers to IoMT implementation in healthcare systems, with a focus on developing countries. Through a rigorous selection process, 80 studies were included in the analysis, revealing critical challenges such as inadequate data protection frameworks, ethical concerns around artificial intelligence (AI) in decision-making, and risks of patient data exploitation. The findings provide actionable recommendations for policymakers, including the establishment of robust ethical guidelines, implementation of strong security measures, and use of advanced encryption techniques. Addressing these challenges is crucial to fostering the ethical and secure adoption of IoMT, ultimately improving healthcare outcomes globally Key recommendations for IoMT adoption include the implementation of advanced encryption techniques to safeguard patient data, the establishment of clear informed consent protocols, and the development of ethical guidelines to manage AI’s role in medical decision-making, ensuring transparency and patient autonomy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2314eb49938d4fd8b515ea71619ee8342025-08-20T03:01:18ZengInformatics Department, Faculty of Computer Science Bina Darma UniversityJournal of Information Systems and Informatics2656-59352656-48822024-12-01643162318410.51519/journalisi.v6i4.960960Challenges in IoMT Adoption in Healthcare: Focus on Ethics, Security, and PrivacyAlton Mabina0Neo Rafifing1Boago Seropola2Thapelo Monageng3Pulafela Majoo4University of BotswanaUniversity of BotswanaUniversity of BotswanaUniversity of BotswanaUniversity of BotswanaThis study highlights ethical, security, and privacy barriers to IoMT adoption in developing countries and proposes strategies like regulatory frameworks, data encryption, AI transparency, and professional training to address these challenges. The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) has the potential to revolutionize healthcare by enabling real-time patient monitoring, enhancing diagnostic accuracy, and supporting personalized treatments. However, significant privacy, security, and ethical challenges hinder its widespread adoption, particularly in underdeveloped nations. This study employs the PRISMA methodology to systematically review existing literature and identify key barriers to IoMT implementation in healthcare systems, with a focus on developing countries. Through a rigorous selection process, 80 studies were included in the analysis, revealing critical challenges such as inadequate data protection frameworks, ethical concerns around artificial intelligence (AI) in decision-making, and risks of patient data exploitation. The findings provide actionable recommendations for policymakers, including the establishment of robust ethical guidelines, implementation of strong security measures, and use of advanced encryption techniques. Addressing these challenges is crucial to fostering the ethical and secure adoption of IoMT, ultimately improving healthcare outcomes globally Key recommendations for IoMT adoption include the implementation of advanced encryption techniques to safeguard patient data, the establishment of clear informed consent protocols, and the development of ethical guidelines to manage AI’s role in medical decision-making, ensuring transparency and patient autonomy.https://journal-isi.org/index.php/isi/article/view/960internet of medical things, ethics, security, privacy, health care |
| spellingShingle | Alton Mabina Neo Rafifing Boago Seropola Thapelo Monageng Pulafela Majoo Challenges in IoMT Adoption in Healthcare: Focus on Ethics, Security, and Privacy Journal of Information Systems and Informatics internet of medical things, ethics, security, privacy, health care |
| title | Challenges in IoMT Adoption in Healthcare: Focus on Ethics, Security, and Privacy |
| title_full | Challenges in IoMT Adoption in Healthcare: Focus on Ethics, Security, and Privacy |
| title_fullStr | Challenges in IoMT Adoption in Healthcare: Focus on Ethics, Security, and Privacy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Challenges in IoMT Adoption in Healthcare: Focus on Ethics, Security, and Privacy |
| title_short | Challenges in IoMT Adoption in Healthcare: Focus on Ethics, Security, and Privacy |
| title_sort | challenges in iomt adoption in healthcare focus on ethics security and privacy |
| topic | internet of medical things, ethics, security, privacy, health care |
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