• DocumentCode
    1355599
  • Title

    Healthcare to go - [comms healthcare]

  • Author

    Wac, Katarzyna

  • Author_Institution
    Universities of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Volume
    4
  • Issue
    17
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    62
  • Lastpage
    65
  • Abstract
    This paper presents MobiHealth system, a mobile health care service which enables remote patient monitoring and treatment by combining advanced wireless communications with a wireless body area network linked to sensors. The paper also discusses the service platform architecture, trials, engineering challenges, and future plans and applications of the MobiHealth system.
  • Keywords
    biomedical equipment; body area networks; health care; patient monitoring; patient treatment; sensors; telemedicine; wireless sensor networks; MobiHealth system; advanced wireless communications; mobile health care service; remote patient monitoring; remote patient treatment; sensors; service platform architecture; wireless body area network;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Engineering & Technology
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    1750-9637
  • Type

    jour

  • Filename
    5353317