A Review on Wireless Telemedicine Technology Challenges and Possible Solution

Abstract

The emergence of the Corona Virus (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in a technological revolution bringing with it changes such as working from home, online shopping, online health consultation and many others were now taking place on a daily basis. One of the major impacts of COVID-19 was on public health due to travel restrictions and lockdowns restricting travel to medical clinics, stressing hospital capacity to the limit and throwing into strong relief the benefits of Telemedicine and Telehealth. This technological advancement has evolved over the past four decades with considerable success; however, challenges remain regarding data transfer, audiovisual streaming, power consumption, the impact of adverse climatic conditions on performance, area of coverage, security, privacy, and wearable sensors integration. This research aims to identify and critically analyse these issues. Prior research will be extracted from peer-reviewed journals published in scientific and medical data bases during 2017 and 2021. The resulting data will be compiled into graphic representations for further analysis. This paper makes a significant contribution to the body of knowledge in the field of wireless Telemedicine and Telehealth through detailed identification of the issues that are plaguing this field.