Title :
A Health Monitoring System Based on Pocket PC for Community Aging Residents
Author :
Zhu, Jianxin ; Gao, Leina ; Zhang, Xinfang
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Mech. Sci. & Eng., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan
Abstract :
Health monitoring system is a crucial element which helps to the active prevention and effective treatment of the chronic illness with the worldwide population aging. This paper presents a health monitoring system based on Pocket PC for community aging residents according to the status in China. The test result of the prototype is good and it has some referenced value when implementing the community healthcare.
Keywords :
Internet; geriatrics; health care; notebook computers; patient care; patient monitoring; telemedicine; China; chronic illness; community aging resident; health monitoring system; healthcare; pocket PC; Aging; Biomedical monitoring; Cities and towns; Computerized monitoring; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Medical treatment; Patient monitoring; Wearable sensors; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, 2008. ICBBE 2008. The 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1747-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1748-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICBBE.2008.677
