An IoT-based Real-Time Remote Health Monitoring System

Abstract

Nowadays, most of the elder people get heart failure because they are not aware of their current heart rate when resting or doing some activities. Body temperature needs to be monitored remotely, even in the rural areas for diseases like COVID-19. IoT technology enables these facilities eliminating limitations of current healthcare system. The aim of this paper is to develop a remote health monitoring system that can be made with locally available sensors with a view to make it affordable, easy and accessible patients from rural areas. The proposed system is a real-time patient health monitoring system in which a patient’s heart rate, peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2) and body temperature can be monitored remotely, 24 hours in a day. This IoT based remote viewing of the data enables a doctor or guardian to monitor a patient’s health condition away from hospital grounds.