A Smart Healthcare Monitoring System Using Smartphone Interface

The present work proposes an efficient architecture of a smart health care monitoring framework using sensors and Internet of Things. With 1: 1674 doctor-patient population ratio in India, the shortage of health providers and infrastructure is the most acute in rural areas. The paper presents an efficient model wherein a doctor can monitor the health of the patient from a remote location through the efficient use of technology, thereby addressing this shortage of healthcare personal in Indian scenario. In the proposed system, the vital health parameters like Electrocardiograph (ECG), Body Temperature, Blood Pressure (BP), Heart Beat rate, Glucose Level Detection and Galvanic Skin Response of patient are collected and evaluated through the use of smart devices. The data is further transmitted wirelessly through Zigbee IEEE 801.15.4 technology for further analysis using data analytics. Next the android application of the system displays this data about vital statistics on a Smartphone of a doctor enabling him to receive the current status of the patient without being physically present there. Whenever there is a variation in any physiological parameter of a patient beyond a pre-assigned threshold value, an automated notification will pop up in doctors’ android mobile application. Hence the present IOT based smart health care monitoring system enables the remote monitoring of medical parameters along with the tracking of medical equipments leading to smart hospital services.