ABSTRACT
This chapter represents the essence of Internet of Things (IoT)-supported healthcare, lists the types and structures of health-related data, and considers and analyzes the present approaches for handling IoT-generated healthcare data. It emphasizes the necessity of Fog infrastructure integration in an IoT-based healthcare system. The chapter discusses the analysis of data management in a Fog-assisted and IoT-based healthcare system as well as manners to enable high level of privacy and security, efficient resource utilization, and standardization issues. It presents an attempt to get as much as possible insight and knowledge regarding Fog computing and its significance in managing data in the IoT-powered healthcare system. The properties of healthcare data make them unique and difficult to measure. The healthcare data come from various sources and various formats. The chapter also explores the directions for future development and implementation of the proposed prototype as well as the course of future research.
