Web Based Measuring System for Health Monitoring at Home

The aim of this study is to improve the design of a monitoring system for early dehospitalization of patients suffering from chronic diseases, excluding advanced stage conditions and those in death risk, and also ensuring continuous assistance at home with monitoring, interaction and intervention. We actually reached the goal of completely reproducing hospital visits at the household, moreover the system could be used at a hospital in the same way of standard “vital signs monitor” networks. The developed system integrates wired vital signs sensors, adhoc networking, video communication system and web portal technology to allow remote monitoring of patient’s vital-sign status and intervention with therapies by activating medical equipment onboard. An important goal of this study is to monitor the effectiveness of the therapy applied on the patient. Furthermore the video – interaction channel will be an important instrument for early diagnosis of cognitive diseases in the elderly. Author Keywords