Body Temperature and Electrocardiogram Monitoring Using an SMS-Based Telemedicine System

Abstract

A mobile monitoring system utilizing Short Message Service with low-cost hardware equipment has been developed and implemented to enable transmission of the temperature and ECG signal of a patient. Communication between a mobile phone client and a remote smart-phone (or PDA) consultation/server unit is achieved through programming the client using attention commands (at-commands), and the Protocol Description Unit (PDU) mode. The experimental setup can be operated for monitoring from anywhere covered by the Cellular (GSM) service by exchanging SMS messages with the remote mobile device. At the consultation unit, a dedicated application software is required to manage the follow of SMS messages from the Mobile and display the temperature and ECG of the patient.