An innovative and simple intelligent health monitoring system to observe patients' physical conditions from remote places

This article presents a simple yet unique health monitoring system especially for the critical or unattended patients who need continuous observation. In this system patients' physical information i.e. body temperature, pulse rate, blood glucose level have been measured using different sensors which are then automatically uploaded to online for observation of their physicians or the relatives who are at distance places from the patients. Here, firstly patients' body temperature, pulse rate, blood glucose level are measured using different sensors which are then fed for processing to a micro-controller. The processed data is sent to LCD display, where these information has been viewed for the first time, as well as to a computer through RF (Radio Frequency) module. Next the data from module is converted by RS232 to USB converter and decoded by mikroC software. At last the decoded data from the device is updated online automatically in the interval of 15 seconds with the help of a software platform. This novel system would be helpful for the relatives as well as the doctors to monitor the patients' condition from anywhere and to react quickly in case of unwanted serious condition.

I. Introduction

An intelligent monitoring system is a system that autonomously monitors its environment through its sensors, processes the data from the sensors and reports about these data. This paper will describe a designed system that will be used to monitor patients continuously in their daily life. The goal of this research is to provide health care services to anyone at any time, overcoming the constraints of place and time. Sometimes critical patients, elderly people, physically challenged persons are required to keep under continuous health checking or treatment.