An Update on Effective Patient Monitoring and Diagnosis of Diseases in the Current Scenario

Abstract

Patient monitoring is always a challenging task. In this sense, a vast country like India, it becomes an uphill task in order to identify the disease in a better and faster way in each and every part of the country. In the modern scenario, the development of some useful wearable electronics and their uses in IOT based technologies have shown a promising future in terms of disease diagnosis and associated monitoring. The uses of wearable devices and mobile apps now have been integrated with telemedicine and telehealth efficiently with respect to monitoring diseases mainly associated with cardiovascular system, central nervous system, blood pressure, diabetes and lung associated disorders. The uses of mobile apps in android based cost effective devices have given a revolution in terms of faster and cheaper disease diagnosis and related researches. In recent times, the concept of M-Health (Mobile health) and E-Health (health care supported by ICT) have been useful in improving and assisting people’s health, one such Device is AliveCor heart monitor which is a mobile phone based electrocardiogram. Remote wearable ECG monitoring and Mbraintrain smart devices have received a great attention in the medical era. This chapter enlightens the basic methodology and uses of various wearable health monitoring devices which may or may not be associated with IOT.