Open AccessFramework of sensor‐based monitoring for pervasive patient care
Author(s) -
Triantafyllidis Andreas K.,
Koutkias Vassilis G.,
Chouvarda Ioanna,
Adami Ilia,
Kouroubali Angelina,
Maglaveras Nicos
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
healthcare technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.45
H-Index - 19
ISSN - 2053-3713
DOI - 10.1049/htl.2016.0017
Subject(s) - computer science , usability , interoperability , bluetooth , wearable computer , remote patient monitoring , health care , usable , ubiquitous computing , scope (computer science) , telemedicine , wireless sensor network , human–computer interaction , embedded system , world wide web , wireless , telecommunications , computer network , medicine , programming language , economics , radiology , economic growth
Sensor‐based health systems can often become difficult to use, extend and sustain. The authors propose a framework for designing sensor‐based health monitoring systems aiming to provide extensible and usable monitoring services in the scope of pervasive patient care. The authors’ approach relies on a distributed system for monitoring the patient health status anytime‐anywhere and detecting potential health complications, for which healthcare professionals and patients are notified accordingly. Portable or wearable sensing devices measure the patient's physiological parameters, a smart mobile device collects and analyses the sensor data, a Medical Center system receives notifications on the detected health condition, and a Health Professional Platform is used by formal caregivers in order to review the patient condition and configure monitoring schemas. A Service‐oriented architecture is utilised to provide extensible functional components and interoperable interactions among the diversified system components. The framework was applied within the REMOTE ambient‐assisted living project in which a prototype system was developed, utilising Bluetooth to communicate with the sensors and Web services for data exchange. A scenario of using the REMOTE system and preliminary usability results show the applicability, usefulness and virtue of our approach.