An IoT-Based Healthcare Monitoring System for Infectious-Diseased Patients

Abstract

In recent years, there has been significant research in the healthcare sector and its advancements in technology. In particular, the Internet of Things (IoT) has displayed potential for connecting different medical devices, sensors, and healthcare practitioners. This connectivity enables the delivery of high-quality medical services in remote areas, leading to enhanced patient safety, reduced healthcare expenses, improved access to healthcare, and increased operational efficiency in the field of healthcare. The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) is a global coronavirus disease that causes various death and rapid infection across the population, especially in the urban area. However, many patients are infected without symptoms, that makes difficulty for quarantine campaigns. Therefore, it is very important to detect and monitor indication of the patient’s health including body temperature, heart rate, and oxygen saturation. This motivates the concept named infectious-diseased patient monitoring system in this research. The system consists of three main parts: wearable devices used to monitor the medical status of the patient; Entrance door monitoring devices equipped with thermal infrared cameras to detect high temperature persons. The host server records all data from tracking devices for future analysis and treatment. With this system, medical staff can approach a patient’s health record in real time and help patient immediately whenever needed. System will be very useful in the case of pandemic outbreak. The demonstration of the whole system with web interface confirms the success of the concept validation with details in operation and configurations of both software and hardware. The system prototype is implemented in the laboratory and with the ability of expanding in the hospital for various patients and monitored rooms.