Design and implementation of a tele-examination system

This paper describes a low-cost, reliable and easily used long-distance health monitoring system, named teleexamination system. In this equipment, the patient is examined online in a live communication platform. Personal computers and/or smart phones as the main processing cores of this system are available everywhere and reduce the final cost of the telemedicine systems. In our proposed system, a bidirectional audio-visual connection is established. By means of a few added special devices for monitoring different body parameters, the doctor could listen to patient´s heart sound as well as measure the body temperature, heart rate, and ECG, and finally prescribe the medicine. This system can be used in many places including, wherever doctors are not available, such as in rural areas, or for disabled people, who are not able to go to a hospital.