Remote Health Monitoring Systems for High Risk Patients

Remote health care monitoring (clinical care at a distance) using the capability of telecommunications systems in crisis situations is relatively a new telemedicine application. The monitoring systems can be wired connections or wireless connections. Several telemedicine applications using wired communications were presented whereas nowadays the evolution of wireless communication means enables telemedicine systems to operate everywhere in the world. This paper reviews telemedicine innovations that may be applicable in crisis situations with a Human’s electrocardiogram (ECG) and proposes a conceptual model for remote health care system for high-risk patients with cardio- vascular diseases.