A COMPLEX SYSTEM FOR TELEMONITORING OF MEDICAL VITAL SIGNS

A complex goal in biomedical information technology today is the design and implementation of telemedicine and e-health solutions, which provide (chronic) patients and elderly people services that can enhance their quality of life. Material and Methods: We used wireless sensor network technology, low-power integrated embedded systems and wireless communications, which have enabled us the design of low-cost, miniature, precise and intelligent physiological sensor modules. These modules are capable of measuring, processing, communicating one or more physiological parameters, and can be integrated into a wireless personal area network (WPAN). Results: We have designed, deployed, produced and tested both hardware and software medical sensors for WPAN, dedicated to vital signs acquisition, processing and transmitting, as well as the whole telemedical system for these physiologic parameters monitoring in real time. Conclusions: This paper is dedicated to the most complex Romanian telemedical pilot project, TELEMON, that has as goals the design and implementation of a system for automatic and complex telemonitoring, everywhere and every time, in (almost) real time, of the vital signs of persons with chronic illnesses, of elderly people, of those having high medical risk and of those living in isolated regions. The final objective of this pilot project is to enable personalized telemedical services, and to act as a basis for a public service for telemedical procedures in Romania and abroad.