That healthcare is absolutely essential even for sustenance is well known. Water management, energy management, building automation, transportation –every single item in the formation of a smart village presupposes healthy individuals in the ‘smart community’. Attention to ‘smart healthcare’ is therefore not a luxury but an absolute necessity. Contrary to public perception providing ‘smart healthcare’ is eminently feasible, cost effective and just needs a little tweaking of software and hardware used to provide other ‘smart facilities’. The major difference between deploying Smart Healthcare (SHC) and other smart functions is the requirement of a radical transformation in the mindset of the healthcare provider and the receiver. SHC presupposes:
Some examples of SHC are provided below