Federated Learning Approach for Collaborative and Secure Smart Healthcare Applications

Across all periods of human history, the importance attributed to health has remained a fundamental and significant facet. This statement holds greater validity within the present context. The pressing demand for healthcare solutions with real-time capabilities, affordability, and high precision is crucial in medical research and technology progress. In recent times, there has been a significant advancement in emerging technologies such as AI, IoT, blockchain, and edge computing. These breakthrough developments have led to the creation of various intelligent applications. Smart healthcare applications can be realized by combining robust AI detection and prediction capabilities with edge computing architecture, which offers low computing costs and latency. In this paper, we begin by conducting a literature review of AI-assisted EC-based smart healthcare applications from the past three years. Our goal is to identify gaps and barriers in this field. We propose a smart healthcare architecture model that integrates AI technology into the edge. Finally, we summarize the challenges and research directions associated with the proposed model.