ABSTRACT
A telemedicine system is described for monitoring vital signs and general health indicators of patients with cardiac and diabetic conditions. Telemetry from wireless sensors and readings from other instruments are combined into a comprehensive set of measured patient parameters. Using a combination of mobile device applications and web browser, the data can be stored, accessed, and displayed using mobile internet communications to the central server. As an extra layer of security in the data transmission, information embedded in the data is used in its verification. The paper highlights features that could be enhanced from previous systems by using alternative components or methods.
ABSTRACT
Two separate projects have been carried out to implement m-health programs in India and Iraq, and, for each, this paper describes the work performed by the teams involved, presents results and details a number of lessons learned. In general, it is found that although India and Iraq have very different medical priorities, they pose similar issues when introducing m-health strategies.
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Monitoring, Physiologic , Telemedicine , Female , Humans , India , Iraq , Male , Monitoring, Physiologic/instrumentation , Monitoring, Physiologic/methods , Telemedicine/instrumentation , Telemedicine/methods , Telemedicine/organization & administrationABSTRACT
A telemedicine system is described for monitoring the vital signs and general health indicators of patients with cardiac and diabetic conditions. Telemetry from wireless sensors and readings from other instruments are combined into a comprehensive patient health dataset. The data can be stored, accessed and displayed using mobile Internet communications with a server. The paper concentrates on the data acquisition process, using an alternative sensor network protocol to Bluetooth and manual data entry into a smartphone application and HTML5 web browser.
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Diabetes Mellitus/physiopathology , Heart Diseases/physiopathology , Monitoring, Physiologic/methods , Telemetry/methods , Cell Phone , Humans , Radio WavesABSTRACT
This paper describes a practical development project to enable the monitoring of vital signs data obtained from patients located in remote rural locations. The data are gathered from a wireless network of sensors attached to a patient's body and stored locally for secure transmission over existing communication infrastructures to a hospital server. Clinicians are then able to monitor the patient offline and upload diagnoses.