• DocumentCode
    636684
  • Title

    A smart phone/tablet based mobile health care system for developing countries

  • Author

    Vaidya, Avinash S. ; Srinivas, M.B. ; Himabindu, P. ; Jumaxanova, Daria

  • Author_Institution
    BITS - Pilani, Hyderabad, India
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    3-7 July 2013
  • Firstpage
    4642
  • Lastpage
    4645
  • Abstract
    Increasing cost of health care in developing countries is placing heavy financial burden on its populations. With the advent of mobile and tablet technologies however, it is possible to reduce this burden to some extent through tele-healthcare. In this paper, authors describe their effort to design portable diagnostic devices that can communicate to smart phones and tablets there by making tele-healthcare possible. A possible architecture of their model is presented and components thereof discussed.
  • Keywords
    biomedical equipment; health care; mobile computing; patient diagnosis; smart phones; telemedicine; portable diagnostic devices; smart phone-tablet based mobile health care system; telehealthcare; Blood pressure; Electrocardiography; Heart rate; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Pressure measurement; Software;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Osaka
  • ISSN
    1557-170X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EMBC.2013.6610582
  • Filename
    6610582