Remote monitoring of vital functions - proof-of-concept system

Modern information communication technologies (ICT) acting as a support to the medical activities is one of the possibilities to increase the efficacy of the health care system and to decrease its costs. We developed a proof-of-concept system, which uses modern, moderately-priced and user-friendly technology solutions, e.g. wireless body sensors for data acquisition, advanced algorithms for local analysis of data, widely available personal terminals for visualization of measurements, and the existing communication infrastructure for data transfer, either to medical experts or to a personal database. We pay a special attention to the fusion of different body sensors in order to keep their number at minimum. On the other hand, we want to improve reliability of the system with the introduction of a simple video sensor in order to prevent the rising of false alarms. We show that such a system can achieve a reliability needed for commercial implementation in applications offering services that can contribute significantly to an improved quality and efficiency of the medical care.