Title :
Home telemedicine system for chronic respiratory disease surveillance — An automated solution for disease control and management to combat the health impact of indoor air pollution
Author :
Fong, A.C.M. ; Fong, B.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. & Math. Sci., Auckland Univ. of Technol., Auckland, New Zealand
Abstract :
This paper discusses the utilization of a home wireless telemedicine network for surveillance of chronic diseases linked to indoor air pollution. Inhalation of various chemicals and pollutants on a daily basis is known to be damaging to the respiratory system causing serious health hazards. An automated solution is described for acquisition of data for disease control and management so that the users can be alerted of any impending risk so that appropriate preventive actions can be taken.
Keywords :
air pollution; computerised monitoring; diseases; patient monitoring; telemedicine; automated solution; chronic respiratory disease surveillance; disease control; health hazards; health impact; home telemedicine system; home wireless telemedicine network; indoor air pollution; pollutants; respiratory system; Air pollution; Biomedical monitoring; Chemicals; Diseases; Monitoring; Telemedicine; Wireless communication; chronic disease; indoor air quality; respiratory illness; telemedicine;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA), 2012 7th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2118-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICIEA.2012.6360774
