Wearable Smart Cardiac Care: Take Vipasyana for Example

Hsi Lu Chao*, Sau Hsuan Wu

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Abstract

The most direct challenge to the healthcare system in Taiwan associated with population aging is the chronic and growing shortfall in medical and nursing practitioners. The integration of artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, and advanced 5G communication technologies is making healthcare more streamlined and intuitive to improve healthcare service efficiency, encourage cross-disciplinary cooperation to improve patient health management, and introduce and mainstream innovative service models such as telecare. To this end, the wearable smart cardiac care system ‘Vipasyana’, jointly developed by the interdisciplinary research team of the Departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, not only has an innovative fully functional wireless wearable electrocardiograph but also uses machine learning-based detection/prediction methods to detect and monitor for emergencies such as myocardial infarction, ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation, and heart failure. To handle the real-time streaming sensing data generated during clinical trials, a big data real-time streaming framework based on Apache Storm and microservices has also been integrated. In addition, a mobile phone app and virtual reality 3D ward round system providing a user-friendly management and monitoring tool for medical staffs were developed and integrated into the system. The ‘Vipasyana’ system is capable of providing precision medical services to individual patients.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)13-19
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Nursing
Volume71
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2024

Keywords

  • Apache storm big data real-time streaming framework
  • artificial intelligence
  • heart failure rehabilitation care
  • intelligent cardiac healthcare internet of things
  • virtual reality-based 3D ward round system

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