A portable ECG and blood pressure telemonitoring system

Author

Bai, Jing ; Zhang, Yonghong ; Shen, Delin ; Wen, Lingten ; Ding, Chuxiong ; Cui, Zijing ; Tian, Fenghua ; Yu, Bo ; Dai, Bing ; Zhang, Jupeng

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China

Volume

18

Issue

4

fYear

1999

Firstpage

63

Lastpage

70

Abstract

This article discusses a cost-effective portable home unit for electrocardiogram (ECG) and blood pressure (BP) monitoring. Based on feedback from our previous work concerning a PC-based ECG/BP telemonitoring system, the system described helps to overcome past problems by simplifying home installation, operation, and maintenance, and by reducing cost. The strategy and methodology used in the design and development of the system, as well as the results, are presented.

Keywords

biomedical telemetry; blood pressure measurement; computerised monitoring; electrocardiography; health care; patient monitoring; portable instruments; telemedicine; ECG telemonitoring; automatic data transfer; blood pressure telemonitoring; cost reduction; cost-effective portable home unit; home health care; home installation; on-line alarm system; portable telemonitoring system; simple maintenance; telemedicine; Aging; Biomedical monitoring; Blood pressure; Costs; Electrocardiography; Home computing; Medical services; Patient monitoring; Senior citizens; Telemedicine; Blood Pressure Monitors; Computer Systems; Cost Control; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Data Display; Database Management Systems; Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; Follow-Up Studies; Home Care Services; Humans; Information Storage and Retrieval; Online Systems; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; Telemedicine; Telephone;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0739-5175

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/51.775490

Filename

775490