TY - JOUR ID - 55760 TI - Prioritizing the Applications of Internet of Things Technology in the Healthcare Sector in Iran: A Driver for Sustainable Development JO - Journal of Information Technology Management JA - JITM LA - en SN - AU - Ghasemi, Rohollah AU - Mohaghar, Ali AU - Safari, Hossein AU - Akbari Jokar, Mohammad Reza AD - Ph.D. Student in Production and Operations Management, Faculty of Management University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. AD - Associate Prof., Department of Industrial Management, Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. AD - Prof., Industrial Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology Y1 - 2016 PY - 2016 VL - 8 IS - 1 SP - 155 EP - 176 KW - "Fuzzy AHP" KW - "Internet of Things" KW - "Smart Health" KW - "Sustainable development" DO - 10.22059/jitm.2016.55760 N2 - Pay attention to health care sector is one of the areas of sustainable development in the countries. Internet of Things technology in the health sector has wide variety of applications that was not investigated in Iran. This paper aims to prioritize the applications of internet of things in the healthcare sector in Iran in order to achieve sustainable development. This research is applied and its research method is descriptive. Because of using Fuzzy AHP for ranking alternatives, our research is a single cross-survey. After collecting the agreement paired comparisons questionnaires, weights of criteria were determined and applications of Internet of things in healthcare were prioritized. Our findings show that economic prosperity and quality of life are the most important criteria for sustainable development of Internet of things in healthcare sector in Iran. Also, “Chronic disease management”,“patient surveillance”, “hygienic hand control”, and “fall detection” are the most important priorities for the use of internet of things in healthcare sector in Iran. UR - https://jitm.ut.ac.ir/article_55760.html L1 - https://jitm.ut.ac.ir/article_55760_561c4bf97aec553808fb8325a4b6f130.pdf ER -