A novel approach towards designing a wearable Smart Health Monitoring System measuring the vital parameters and emergency situations in real-time and providing the necessary medical care through telemedicine

Health Monitoring systems are progressively evolving with the potential to change the way health care is currently delivered. A Smart Health Monitoring System, such as the one designed in this study, aims to automate patient monitoring tasks. In the present study we have designed and developed a GSM (Global System for Mobile) based smart wearable system with 3-axis Accelerometer, 3-lead ECG recording system and real-time NIBP analysis system. The device is capable of detecting sudden fall situations, cardiac abnormalities & hyper/hypotension; thereby rendering it suitable for real-time monitoring, self-diagnosis and remote diagnosis purposes. The system is also capable of sending notifications to healthcare professionals immediately after the detection of any of the aforementioned health abnormalities so that the necessary steps are taken. The complete analysis and evaluation of the signals acquired from the patient have been performed using a software platform: NI LabVIEW. It is a cost-effective, smart and wearable health monitoring system that is of immense importance not only to the elderly and post-operative patients, but also to those residing in remote locations and are incapable of affording expensive healthcare in urban hospitals or clinics.