An Android smartphone-based ubiquitous healthcare solution was proposed to monitor real-time ECG waveforms via wireless sensor networks and assist out-patients in medication administration.
Provision of ubiquitous healthcare solutions which provide healthcare services at anytime anywhere has become more favorable nowadays due to the emphasis on healthcare awareness and also the growth of mobile wireless technologies. Following this approach, an Android™ smart phone device is proposed as a mobile monitoring terminal to observe and analyze ECG (electrocardiography) waveforms from wearable ECG devices in real time under the coverage of a wireless sensor network (WSN). The exploitation of WSN in healthcare is able to substitute the complicated wired technology, moving healthcare away from a fixed location setting. As an extension to the monitoring scheme, medicine care is taken into consideration by utilizing the mobile phone as a barcode decoder, to verify and assist out-patients in the medication administration process, providing a better and more comprehensive healthcare service.
Hii et al. (Wed,) conducted a other in ECG monitoring and medication administration. Android smartphone-based ubiquitous healthcare solution was evaluated. An Android smartphone-based ubiquitous healthcare solution was proposed to monitor real-time ECG waveforms via wireless sensor networks and assist out-patients in medication administration.