Designing of a prototype of e-health monitoring system

Lifestyle related ailment is resulting in a need for close medical attention for larger number of people. In this regard, systems that can provide proactive health related alert would be beneficial. e-Health and telemedicine offer powerful tools to improve efficiency in the delivery of healthcare services. The focus of this paper is to design a low cost, reliable e-Health monitoring device using IoT based platform architecture that can measure the vital health parameters of an individual, securely store the data in server and analyze the data for generating proactive alerts as applicable. The platform also connects the patient to the registered doctors who will have access to the patients´ health data. Vital health parameters are measured using simple, non-restricting electrical sensors. The platform has outlier detection capabilities and is designed to send alerts to patients and their respective doctors in case any anomaly occurs. Thus, the proposed solution can be used to provide clinical healthcare at a distance, hence enabling the inclusion of elderly or homebound patients and those who are located in the remotest corners of the country within the realm of healthcare services.