Remote health monitoring using mobile phones and Web services.
Diabetes and hypertension have become very common perhaps because of increasingly busy lifestyles, unhealthy eating habits, and a highly competitive workplace. The rapid advancement of mobile communication technologies offers innumerable opportunities for the development of software and hardware applications for remote monitoring of such chronic diseases. This study describes a remote health-monitoring service that provides an end-to-end solution, that is, (1) it collects blood pressure readings from the patient through a mobile phone; (2) it provides these data to doctors through a Web interface; and (3) it enables doctors to manage the chronic condition by providing feedback to the patients remotely. This article also aims at understanding the requirements and expectations of doctors and hospitals from such a remote health-monitoring service.
Agarwal
Sparsh
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School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore. sparshpolly@gmail.com
Lau
Chiew Tong
CT
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D015190:Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring; D002309:Cardiology / Q000458:organization & administration; D040421:Cell Phone / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003199:Computer Systems; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D007194:India; D020407:Internet / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D019114:Remote Consultation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012846:Singapore; D012984:Software; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D018511:Systems Integration; D014584:User-Computer Interface