Implementation of a Pilot Cyber Medical System with Blood Pressure Devices for Telemedicine in Binh Duong Province (Vietnam)

In this project, we implemented a pilot cyber medical system which consists of 100 devices to measure blood pressures and heart rate, and a core software to collect and manage obtained data. We developed a special Manufacturing and Quality Test System to test and control the device’s quality during their manufacturing. The final products were tested for precision and reliability against a mercury device and a simulator. We developed a core software based on the Cloud Telemedicine Information System. It runs on personal computer and/or smartphone to provide considerable utilities for physicians to monitor patient’s blood pressures online. The healthcare providers will take care of patients from distance and intervene immediately, if necessary. Each patient has his/her own website. This allows patients to get access to their measurement history and exchange messages with the doctors when needed. The healthcare providers have also their own website to monitor their patients. To protect the confidentiality all data were coded using Advanced Encryption Standard 128 bit. This cyber medical system was implemented in Binh Duong province (in Vietnam) to test its efficacy. To this end, 100 patients will use the device and another 100 will not use it (control group). Both groups will be monitored by the same healthcare providers. The obtained results will be compared using paired t-test.