Ubiquitous healthcare monitoring system using integrated triaxial accelerometer,spo2 and location sensors

TL;DR

This paper presents a prototype ubiquitous healthcare system that uses wearable sensors and smartphones to monitor physiological data, activity, and location of patients in real time for remote medical analysis.

Contribution

It introduces an integrated system combining accelerometer, SpO2, and location sensors with a mobile platform for real-time health monitoring and diagnostics.

Findings

Real-time physiological data collection and analysis

Remote access for medical practitioners

Effective monitoring of elderly and rehabilitation patients

Abstract

Ubiquitous healthcare has become one of the prominent areas of research inorder to address the challenges encountered in healthcare environment. In contribution to this area, this study developed a system prototype that recommends diagonostic services based on physiological data collected in real time from a distant patient. The prototype uses WBAN body sensors to be worn by the individual and an android smart phone as a personal server. Physiological data is collected and uploaded to a Medical Health Server (MHS) via GPRS/internet to be analysed. Our implemented prototype monitors the activity, location and physiological data such as SpO2 and Heart Rate (HR) of the elderly and patients in rehabilitation. The uploaded information can be accessed in real time by medical practitioners through a web application.