title: Design and implementation of a wearable healthcare monitoring system.
abstract: A wearable healthcare monitoring unit that integrates various technologies was developed to provide patients with the option of leading a healthy and independent life without risks or confinement to medical facilities. The unit consists of various sensors integrated to a microcontroller and attached to the patient's body, reading vital signs and transmitting these readings via a Bluetooth link to the patient's mobile phone. Short-Messaging-Service (SMS) is incorporated in the design to alert a physician in emergency cases. Additionally, an application program running on the mobile phone uses the internet to update (at regular intervals) the patient records in a hospital database with the most recent readings. To reduce development costs, the components used were both off-the-shelf and affordable.
authors.affiliation: Computer Engineering Department, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE. asagahyroon@aus.edu
authors.forename: Assim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sagahyroon
authors.forename: Hazem
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Raddy
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghazy
authors.forename: Umair
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Suleman
mesh_terms: D040421:Cell Phone; D034201:Computers, Handheld; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*