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A remote monitoring system using a PIC16F877A microcontroller, Bluetooth, and LabVIEW was developed to measure and transmit heart rate and blood pressure for chronic heart failure patients.
The development of a low-cost, portable remote monitoring system for vital signs could help prevent frequent hospitalizations in chronic heart failure patients by enabling timely medical interventions.
Prototype systems require prospective validation before use; leaves open whether remote monitoring reduces hospitalizations in chronic heart failure.
Majority of the population, especially the people older than 65, suffer from Chronic Heart Failure leading to frequent hospitalizations which results in high health expenditure. So, we have developed a complete and integrated Information and Communication Technology system on LabVIEW platform that enables the doctors to diagnose and monitor the CHF patients from distance. This system measures the heart rate and blood pressure of the patient through heart rate sensor and blood pressure sensor. The output from these sensors are transmitted to the remote system via Bluetooth. It is then transmitted to the Hospital Information System by using LabVIEW tool. This enables the CHF patients to daily collect vital signs at home and automatically send them to the Hospital Information System and it also allows the physicians to monitor the patients from distance and to take timely actions in case of necessity.
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Kothandapani et al. (2015) studied Chronic Heart Failure. Remote monitoring system (PIC16F877A, Bluetooth, LabVIEW) was evaluated. A remote monitoring system using a PIC16F877A microcontroller, Bluetooth, and LabVIEW was developed to measure and transmit heart rate and blood pressure for chronic heart failure patients.
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