article · IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems
A multifunctional, portable healthcare monitoring system has been designed and implemented using Internet of Things technology for daily medical inspections. The device tracks multiple physiological parameters, including heart rate, blood oxygen saturation, body temperature, photoplethysmography signals, and electrocardiography signals. It also records ambient room temperature and humidity. Data can be viewed directly on an integrated display or sent via Wi-Fi to a local mobile application or cloud storage for remote observation. Performance evaluations comparing the prototype to commercial instruments demonstrated maximum error rates of 2.67 percent for heart rate, 2.04 percent for oxygen saturation, and 1.58 percent for body temperature. Statistical analyses confirmed a strong level of agreement between the system readings and standard reference tools, supporting its practical utility for daily personal healthcare checks.
Remote health tracking allows individuals to go about their daily routines while vital signs are continuously checked for abnormalities. By integrating multiple medical sensors into a compact, connected unit with verified accuracy, such systems can assist in prediagnosing conditions, supporting timely medical responses, and expanding access to continuous care outside formal clinic settings.
The system represents an applied and tested prototype for personal health tracking, remote patient care, and prediagnosis. Target users include caregivers, outpatient individuals, and medical professionals requiring continuous vital sign tracking outside hospital environments. Having demonstrated low error rates against commercial benchmarks, next steps would typically involve clinical validation, regulatory certification, and refinement for volume manufacturing.
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Remote healthcare and telemedicine technology have witnessed a large and rapid development in the last decade with the large development of the Internet of Things (IoT) technology, where various types of medical sensors are aggregated for measuring medical parameters and transmitting them anywhere. Smart portable products can now be used to monitor different medical aspects to track human health. Also, they can be used in the prediagnosis of various diseases and in detecting abnormalities of organ functionality. In this article, we design and implement a multifunction and portable health monitoring system, which can help in daily medical inspections. The developed system monitors various medical aspects: heart rate (HR), blood oxygen saturation level (SpO2), body temperature, photoplethysmography (PPG) signal, electrocardiography (ECG) signal, room temperature, and room humidity. The obtained measurements are displayed on the built-in display or transmitted over Wi-Fi to either a mobile application, in the local mode, or to the cloud storage for remote monitoring. The developed system can be used to keep an eye on the people we need to care about, while keeping them in their normal daily life. The maximum error percentage of the proposed system is reported as 2.67%, 2.04%, and 1.58% for HR, SpO2, and body temperature, respectively, compared to commercial devices. In addition, statistical tests were performed and they showed a high level of agreement between the observed and the reference measurements. The results indicate the high accuracy and effectiveness of the proposed system to be used in daily medical applications.
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DOI: 10.1109/tcss.2022.3207562
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