A patient-centered health monitoring system

Yung-Ting Chuang*, P. M. Melliar-Smith, L. E. Moser

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Abstract

We demonstrate a patient-centered health monitoring system that promotes patient-centered healthcare and self-management. Many patients with chronic diseases require daily measurements and medical attention over a long period of time. Patients often forget to take readings and medications on time. We have developed a patient-centered health monitoring system that interfaces two health monitoring devices, a blood pressure monitor and a digital weight scale, to a laptop computer via Bluetooth wireless communication. Each device takes the patient's measurements, and automatically transmits the measured data to the laptop. The patient and/or a healthcare professional can see the historical data from the blood pressure monitor and the digital weight scale as a list or a graph on the laptop. The system not only performs a statistical analysis of the measured data but also displays the results, to enable the patient to understand his/her health conditions and to become engaged in monitoring his/her health.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - Wireless Health 2010, WH'10
Pages196-197
Number of pages2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Event1st Wireless Health Conference, WH'10 - San Diego, CA, United States
Duration: 5 Oct 20107 Oct 2010

Publication series

NameProceedings - Wireless Health 2010, WH'10

Conference

Conference1st Wireless Health Conference, WH'10
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego, CA
Period5/10/107/10/10

Keywords

  • Bluetooth wireless communication
  • analysis
  • confidence interval
  • data measurement
  • graphical user interface
  • health monitoring system
  • patient-centered self-management
  • polynomial regression analysis
  • visualization

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