Title :
A wireless healthcare monitoring platform
Author :
Sagahyroon, A. ; Rady, H. ; Ghazy, A. ; Suleman, U.
Author_Institution :
American Univ. of Sharjah, Sharjah
Abstract :
This paper discusses the design and implementation of a PDA-based health monitoring system. The system integrates various technologies to provide individuals with a portable, light weight monitoring unit that can assist patients in leading a healthy and independent life without risks or confinement to medical facilities. The results were encouraging and warrant further exploration of the proposed methodology.
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; health care; notebook computers; patient monitoring; PDA-based health monitoring system; lightweight wearable healthcare monitoring; wireless healthcare monitoring; Biomedical monitoring; Bluetooth; Intelligent sensors; Master-slave; Medical services; Microcontrollers; Mobile communication; Patient monitoring; Pervasive computing; Temperature sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Innovations in Information Technology, 2008. IIT 2008. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Al Ain
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3396-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3397-1
DOI :
10.1109/INNOVATIONS.2008.4781751
