IoT Applications for Smart Healthcare with LoRa® Technology 

IoT is transforming healthcare, creating safer, better and simpler patient care experiences. By connecting patients, providers and medical devices, IoT opens the door to new levels of insight, efficiency and empowerment in the healthcare journey. From wearables and skin sensors to home monitoring tools, IoT-connected devices provide rich data on symptoms and health trends, enabling innovative solutions in remote care and giving patients greater control over their treatment. 

LoRa Technology's low power, low cost and reliable performance make it suitable for critical smart healthcare applications. IoT solutions comprised of LoRa-based sensors and gateways can monitor high-risk patients or systems around the clock, ensuring health and medical safety are never overlooked. 

The Advantages of LoRa Technology in Healthcare

Semtech's LoRa wireless radio frequency technology is a cornerstone of IoT-based healthcare applications. With its long range, low power consumption and extended battery life, LoRa technology is ideal for battery-powered healthcare sensors. These devices operate seamlessly over indoor or outdoor public, private or hybrid LoRaWAN® networks, utilizing unlicensed spectrum. LoRaWAN networks also complement existing technologies like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and cellular, offering unparalleled flexibility and scalability. 

At the heart of IoT-enabled healthcare are sensors that collect and analyze real-time patient data. These sensors empower healthcare providers to focus on what matters most—spending more time with patients, diagnosing and treating conditions—while reducing the time spent on logistics and administrative tasks. The result? Streamlined workflows and enhanced patient outcomes. 

Enhancing Patient Care with LoRa-based Solutions 

Semtech's LoRa ICs are already in use globally, powering innovative healthcare applications such as: 

  • Remote Patient Monitoring: Track vital signs and chronic conditions in real-time, enabling early intervention and reducing hospital readmissions. 
  • Wearable Health Devices: Collect data on activity, sleep patterns and heart rates to provide actionable insights for personalized care. 
  • Medication Management: Ensure patients adhere to prescribed treatments with IoT-connected smart pill dispensers and alerts. 
  • Elderly Care: Monitor the health and safety of seniors living independently, enhancing their quality of life and peace of mind for families. 
  • Connected Hearing Aids: Improve hearing aid functionality through IoT connectivity. 
  • Fall Detection: Provide immediate alerts when falls are detected, particularly important for elderly care. 
  • Medical Refrigeration: Monitor temperature of sensitive medical supplies to ensure efficacy. 
  • Food Safety: Track temperature of food storage to prevent foodborne illness in healthcare settings. 
  • Staff and Inventory Tracking: Optimize resource allocation and ensure availability of critical supplies. 

Infographics

Discover applications for LoRa devices and the LoRaWAN protocol by downloading an infographic. 

Day in a Life Infographic Learn how LoRa, the long range low power technology from Semtech, and the LoRaWAN standard have the power to change our world and transform our daily lives.
A Day in a Life With LoRa
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We believe every IoT device should have a low power geolocation ready feature –whether it's a mobile asset or a fixed asset. This is now possible, thanks to LoRa® devices, the LoRaWAN® standard and the LoRa Edge™ asset management platform.
The Future of Geolocation Has Arrived
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Semtech's LoRa Edge infographic LoRa Edge™ is a new, highly versatile and low power software defined LoRa-based platform that will enable a wide portfolio of applications for indoor and outdoor asset management, targeting industrial, building, home, agriculture, transportation, and logistics markets.
LoRa Edge™ Applications
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10 things about LoRaWAN and NB-IoT infographic Which wireless network solution is right for your application? Compare the qualities of low power wide area network (LPWAN) solutions side by side in this helpful infographic.
10 Things About LoRaWAN & NB-IoT
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Real-World Deployments

See how LoRa Technology is improving human health and livelihood in these real-world smart healthcare applications.

Ontex Smart Healthcare

Ontex's IoT-enabled diaper tag, developed with Belgian medical device agency, Zenso Electronics, seamlessly integrates Semtech’s LoRa devices and the LoRaWAN standard to alert caregivers via an app when the pad needs to be changed.

Smart Elder Care
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Insulated Vaccine Carrier

Everynet is collaborating with Telkom Indonesia to provide an insulated vaccine carrier to track and monitor vaccine temperature to decrease waste, improve customer confidence and increase inoculation rates via a LoRaWAN network. 

Insulated Vaccine Carrier
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LoRa proximity detection & contact tracing

Actility's Proximity Detection & Contact Tracing Starter Kit allows users to experience how LoRa technology can help to enforce proximity policies to keep employees safe and ensure business continuity. 

Proximity Detection & Contact Tracing
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LoRa smart campuses and classrooms

Sundray’s IoT platform leverages the LoRaWAN standard's interoperability functionality and LoRa devices to support and deliver a portfolio of innovative connected applications for the classroom to promote safer learning spaces. 

Smart Campuses and Classrooms
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LoRa smart badge

SmartConnect's Smart Badge communication system leverages LoRa to enable timely contact between team members using text on-screen text messaging, audible cues and light alerts. 

Smart Badge
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LoRa social distance tracker

Smart Mimic's Mimic S leverages LoRa devices to secure workplaces by warning employees to maintain social distance and providing insights into workplace risks.  

Social Distance Tracker
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LoRa tracks ultramarathon runners

Everynet's LoRaWAN-based network enables the real-time monitoring of runner safety at the annual Tor des Géants ultramarathon, providing network connectivity uncovered by Cellular networks. 

Tracking Ultramarathon Runners
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LoRa air quality monitor

eleven-x and Pinchin's LoRa-based solution includes wireless, real-time monitoring of carbon dioxide (CO2), temperature and humidity for indoor environments, helping businesses re-occupy in a post-COVID world. 

Air Quality Monitoring
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LoRa smart retail footfall monitoring

Deutsche Telekom's sensor-based people counting solution leverages LoRaWAN connectivity for monitoring in-store traffic volumes and social distancing in German retailers reopening after COVID-19 lockdowns. 

Retail Footfall Monitoring
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Internet of Things end to end tracking solutions

CareBand's LoRa-based SafeTrack solutions enable contact tracing, proximity monitoring, geofencing, nurse call, and other applications for governments, public health authorities, schools, and corporations.

End-to-End Tracking Solutions
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LoRa Internet of Things network for COVID-19 relief

Everynet offers its LoRaWAN network to the entire Madrid healthcare system for free during the Coronavirus crisis. 

Network for COVID-19 Relief
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LoRa smart health services

CIAAIoT, EasyLinkin, IOCA, RisingHF, and Winext Technology integrated LoRa with Cloud-based platforms developed by Alibaba Cloud and Tencent Cloud to deploy smarter IoT-based monitoring applications for residents in quarantine during the COVID-19 outbreak. 

Optimized Health Services
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LoRa smart infared temperature sensor

Polysense's series of LoRa-based smart human body temperature monitoring products enables healthcare workers to efficiently screen individuals with a high temperature, notably aiding in Italy's Coronavirus (COVID-19) response efforts.

Infrared Temperature Sensor
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LoRa-based food safety & temperature monitoring solutions

CM Systems, LLC, in collaboration with Laird Connectivity, integrated LoRa into ComplianceMate, a food safety temperature monitoring solution used by retailers such as Shake Shack, Five Guys, Hard Rock Cafe, City Barbeque, and Hattie B's, preventing inventory loss due to unsafe food storage temperatures. 

Food Safety Temperature Monitoring
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Internet of Things connected hearing aid

Sonova and Semtech jointly developed an advanced radio system for a new generation of hearing aids, enabling support for multiple radio protocols in the 2.4GHz band, as well as effective operation on very low power.

IoT-Connected Hearing Aids
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Additional Resources

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