Development of cost-effective tele-monitoring system for remote area patients

Over the last couple of decades the healthcare monitoring system has drawn considerable attentions of the researchers. The growing trends in information and communication technology (ICT) applications have given birth to potential technologies (such as, Telemedicine, Telemonitoring and Tele-health etc.) which have replaced the traditional healthcare with more advanced digital healthcare system. Although these technologies have reshaped the healthcare scenarios at a good extent but none of them has fully succeeded in providing a complete, up-to-date and reliable telemonitoring frame-work in terms of cost, time and better real-time diagnosis. Consequently, most of the available technologies being practiced are used in parts which are equally expensive as well as time-consuming. This paper focuses on the development of a novel, rapid and cost-effective tele-monitoring architecture based on an Arduino device hardware system. The prime goal was to design a prototype that could serve as a reliable patient monitoring system, so that healthcare professionals can monitor their patients in real-time, who are either hospitalized in critical conditions or unable to perform their normal daily life activities. In this work we have presented an Arduino based cost effective Tele-monitoring system that can provide real-time information about physiological conditions of a patient. Our proposed system is designed to measure, monitor and transmit important physiological parameters of patients in the form of vital signs in order to accurately describe the status of their health and fitness. This prototype framework would be helpful to perform real-time tele-monitoring which will ultimately lead to better diagnosis and treatment of remote patient community.