Enabling the first step for IoT health systems using Antidote and IEEE 11073

Abstract

The increasing cost of healthcare, the desire of keeping a high-quality life in face of chronic conditions, and the increasing availability of personal health devices (PHDs) are the ingredients of “IoT health” vision. In parallel, a growing number of consumer electronic (CE) devices like TVs, refrigerators or media players are becoming capable of taking the role of “health hub”, that is, a data collector for the sensor PHDs. Many PHDs (and the respective collectors) follow a standard protocol stack for health devices: IEEE 11073-20601. This paper presents Antidote: a portable, open-source implementation of the IEEE 11073-20601 stack, which further promotes this standard and increases its availability to the developer community. One of the main contributions of Antidote is how it exports health data using a DataList XML or JSON format, which helps its integration by developers in different platforms. Finally, it is presented our experience using Antidote on different scenarios, such as on mobile platforms and IoT networks.