title: A comprehensive ubiquitous healthcare solution on an Android™ mobile device.
abstract: Provision of ubiquitous healthcare solutions which provide healthcare services at anytime anywhere has become more favorable nowadays due to the emphasis on healthcare awareness and also the growth of mobile wireless technologies. Following this approach, an Android™ smart phone device is proposed as a mobile monitoring terminal to observe and analyze ECG (electrocardiography) waveforms from wearable ECG devices in real time under the coverage of a wireless sensor network (WSN). The exploitation of WSN in healthcare is able to substitute the complicated wired technology, moving healthcare away from a fixed location setting. As an extension to the monitoring scheme, medicine care is taken into consideration by utilizing the mobile phone as a barcode decoder, to verify and assist out-patients in the medication administration process, providing a better and more comprehensive healthcare service.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electronic Engineering, Graduate School, Pukyong National University, Busan 608-737, Korea. pearlyhii@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Pei-Cheng
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Hii
authors.forename: Wan-Young
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D040421:Cell Phone; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D058998:Remote Sensing Technology; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000295:instrumentation; D059015:Wireless Technology