Patient Healthcare Monitoring System Incorporating Internet of Things

Abstract

In last few years, in real time scenario many people are away from hospital location. They may be aged patients,
independent living person etc. These independent patients have to be dependent on self healthcare monitoring system to take
care of their health. However, a patient needs to be monitored even after getting outside of the hospital for some days until
the patient gets cured completely. Such an aim could not be achieved using zigbee since it is a short distance communication
and is not able to update the details frequently because of its low processing speed. Hence the transmission medium is
replaced by Internet of Things which is capable of transmitting the data at a longer distance and at a high data rate. It also
auto updates the data for every second if we needed. The scope of the work is extended in such a way that after receiving the
health parameters of the patients, the doctor is able to alert the patients to take necessary treatment and this is done using
Internet. This paper focus to identify patient’s in critical situations at the time of their emergency. A quick intervention
coordinates to specialist in nearby healthcare centre.