RFID Based Centralized Patient Monitoring System and Tracking (RPMST)

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) though finds its use in many applications, still has to be accepted in a clear view. Talking in the perspective of a patient the only thing that strikes first is that lots of treatments undergone, many health records to be maintained, and after which remembering the concerned doctor’s name and other details. This becomes impossible at a certain point of time when the details have to be conveyed. To make it easier this concept of maintaining a centralized information system and sharing has been proposed through the use of RFID technology. RFID is known for its unique ID number. Using this advantage, in the first section the monitoring of a patient is done whenever he arrives at the hospital. In case of any shifts from the hospital the information is still available. Every patient is provided with a unique RFID number and all the details regarding the patient and treatments are stored in a centralized database which is retrieved by the server. The second section is patient tracking where in case of any emergency in a closed environment the patient is provided with assistance in a short span of time. The patient is regularly monitored by the temperature and heartbeat sensor. The moment the value crosses the normal range a message is sent through GSM/GPS to the nearest hospital with its location and also to a relative. Assistance is provided accordingly to the patient.