Open AccessDedicated real‐time monitoring system for health care using ZigBee
Author(s) -
Alwan Omar S.,
Prahald Rao K.
Publication year - 2017
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.2017.0030
Subject(s) - transceiver , arduino , computer science , embedded system , wireless , remote patient monitoring , neurfon , power consumption , measure (data warehouse) , bluetooth , data transmission , wireless sensor network , real time computing , computer hardware , wireless network , telecommunications , computer network , power (physics) , medicine , key distribution in wireless sensor networks , database , physics , quantum mechanics , radiology
Real‐time monitoring systems (RTMSs) have drawn considerable attentions in the last decade. Several commercial versions of RTMS for patient monitoring are available which are used by health care professionals. Though they are working satisfactorily on various communication protocols, their range, power consumption, data rate and cost are really bothered. In this study, the authors present an efficient embedded system based wireless health care monitoring system using ZigBee. Their system has a capability to transmit the data between two embedded systems through two transceivers over a long range. In this, wireless transmission has been applied through two categories. The first part which contains Arduino with ZigBee will send the signals to the second device, which contains Raspberry with ZigBee. The second device will measure the patient data and send it to the first device through ZigBee transceiver. The designed system is demonstrated on volunteers to measure the body temperature which is clinically important to monitor and diagnose for fever in the patients.