A Hospital Healthcare Monitoring System Using Internet of Things Technologies

In any hospital health care monitoring system, it is necessary to constantly monitor the patient's physiological parameters. Previous studies report that important parameters of any patient that have to be monitored in hospital are heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, temperature, change in systolic blood pressure, motion, posture and its location. This work presents a monitoring system that has the capability to monitor in real-time the physiological parameters of the patient using a comfortable wearable device. A Wireless Sensor Network in collaboration with multiple wireless relay nodes, are responsible for collecting and sending the signals from the wireless sensors to the base station. The data is stored and processed using intelligent techniques in a cloud-based environment. Early warning alerts are automatically sent to the medical staff allowing them to intervene on time and earlier than when using manual vital sign observations. By grouping patients according to risk, medical experts can continuously monitor patients health status and quickly identify those that need their attention most.