A Study on Securing Data in Smart Healthcare Applications

As the human population is growing drastically fast, the need for medical attention is also increasing proportionally. New methods and ways to reduce visits to a doctor or hospital is becoming a priority. Healthcare is an important aspect of one’s daily life. With the evolving technology and advancement in science, smart healthcare applications are being implemented. Big data and IoT brought the smartness in healthcare system. The data can be accessed by anyone, anytime and from anywhere, which gives a flexibility to use the online platform for multiple users at the same time. It is faster, cheaper, and easily accessible. Although, the applications are cost effective and impressive to a certain extent, a major issue arises in the form of security of data which is being shared online. Fraudsters make use of the patient or doctor details to claim insurance and buy drugs. This paper presents a study on the development of smart healthcare applications and discuses the security measures to protect user’s ID and their details.