An IoT based mHealth Platform for Chronic Kidney Disease Patients

Abstract

Medicinal care signifies as a standout amongst the most striking application ranges for the IoT. Hospitals utilize new advances and IoT to screen the situation of patient's therapeutic conditions and other related data. There are vast IoT applications that are being readily used in the medical care nowadays from. It can possibly keep patients safe and sound, as well as it will enhance how doctors provide care. Thermometers, electrocardiograms, ultrasounds, glucose monitors, and more are altogether beginning to end up associated and giving patients a chance to track their wellbeing. This is significant for those circumstances that require line up meetings with specialists. In this study, we presented a preliminary healthcare system for the treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) or Chronic Renal Disease patients with the concept of IoT, which includes patient log, the nutrition of the food basically focusing on the level of salt intake, monitoring the sleep pattern, activity level, water intake and so on in order to provide with required improvements needed for the betterment of their health condition. In addition, the data and information obtained from the patient log and from their activities will stored in cloud for future purposes and simultaneously it can be accessed directly by the caregivers for monitoring of a patient’s health condition.