Mobile and wearable devices in an open and universal system for remote patient monitoring

摘要

This paper describes the results of research in the area of remote patient monitoring. We present an innovative data acquisition module, detailing its architecture as well as design decision undertaken during our work. The module is implemented as a mobile application executed on top of the Android OS. The modular and open architecture of the application and the unified measurement processing it exemplifies facilitate easy integration with new medical devices. The proposed installation and pairing process simplifies the configuration of the mobile application, which is important in this type of system. Our solution is already undergoing pilot evaluations and has been successfully applied by medical practitioners in the treatment of patients with cardiovascular diseases. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.