RFID based health assistance & monitoring system through a handmounted embedded device

This paper describes the vision and on-going research in creating ubiquitous computing support for medical work in the hospitals and health assistance technology for the future. In the recent decades health related issues are becoming more and more critical. This highlights the need of continuous monitoring of health parameters of the patient. Today, clinical computer systems seldom play any role in the execution of clinical work as such. Similarly the handy health monitoring electronic equipments do not help in maintaining health logs, analyzing data and assisting depending on the analysis. Electronic Patient Records (EPR) are more confined to the hospital database. A dynamic modification of EPR depending on the real-time vital parameter feed are required for a updated EPR, which would in turn assist the specialist for a better insight of prevailing medical conditions of concerned patient. Extending the accessibility of this updated EPR to the patient could be used to assist the patient in the prevailing health conditions. Following the above line of action and addressing numerous challenges in health monitoring and assistance, hardware and software design of contemporary hand mounted embedded device loaded with biomedical sensors was developed. In this paper we present the design of a Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) based Health Assistance & Monitoring System on the guidelines of Assistive Technology. The proposed design not only helps the user in monitoring and updating his EPR but also assists the user in organizing his appointments, following the strict dietary plan and assists the user in case of emergency.