Design of smart neonatal health monitoring system using SMCC

Abstract

Automated health monitoring and alert system development is a demanding research area today. Most of the currently available monitoring and controlling medical devices are wired which limits freeness of working environment. Wireless sensor network (WSN) is a better alternative in such an environment. Neonatal intensive care unit is used to take care of sick and premature neonates. Hypothermia is an independent risk factor for neonatal mortality and morbidity. To prevent it an automated monitoring system is required. In this Letter, an automated neonatal health monitoring system is designed using sensor mobile cloud computing (SMCC). SMCC is based on WSN and MCC. In the authors' system temperature sensor, acceleration sensor and heart rate measurement sensor are used to monitor body temperature, acceleration due to body movement and heart rate of neonates. The sensor data are stored inside the cloud. The health person continuously monitors and accesses these data through the mobile device using an Android Application for neonatal monitoring. When an abnormal situation arises, an alert is generated in the mobile device of the health person. By alerting health professional using such an automated system, early care is provided to the affected babies and the probability of recovery is increased.

The Use of Smartphone in Medical Practice

“…In this context an automated neonatal health monitoring system is designed using sensor mobile cloudcomputing (SMCC). De D. et al (2016) inovates this system with a temperature sensor, acceleration sensor and heart rate measurement sensor used to monitor body temperature, acceleration due to body movement and the heart rate of neonates. The sensor data are stored inside the cloud.…”

Internet-of-Things Devices and Assistive Technologies for Healthcare: Applications, Challenges, and Opportunities

“…Healthcare services make use of this technology to extend their services over long distances. A health monitoring system that makes use of mobile computing is in [7]. It takes advantage of the large distances covered by a mobile network to connect patients to their healthcare services.…”

“…At the same time, the constraints of the devices used in collecting and transmitting the data limit the effectiveness of the service, in particular with regard to the ability of the devices to keep up with the demands of the service in terms of power consumption and processing requirements over time. Finally, the scalability of the overall service is also important as it defines its capacity in terms of how many IoT-based Applications in Healthcare Advantages Vital signs monitoring through mobile phone [6] Wide area and scope of transmission, optimized operating system for managing data Electronic health records reading with smart devices [7] Portable, easy-to-learn user interface, convenient for users who already own smart devices Wearable electrocardiogram (ECG) [5], [8] Low costs, compact, optimized power usage Robots and drones for patient assistance [9] Easy to train, precise movements and actions, make repetitive tasks convenient, automative Application specific wireless sensors for emergency detection (i.e. fall prediction, pain detection) [10], [11] Wearable, modular, can be designed to fit patient TABLE I: IoT-based applications in healthcare along with their advantages.…”

Femone Health Monitoring System

“…The paper [2] describes a neonatal health monitoring system which is mainly based on the principle of sensor mobile cloud computing (SMCC). It is an automated system in order to monitor critical hypothermia conditions.…”