Development of NFC and IoT-enabled measurement devices for improving health care delivery of Indonesian children

Abstract

In this research, a prototype of NFC and IoT-enabled medical measurement device aimed for infants between 0-5 years old is designed. The device is aimed to record data and transmit them to NFC tags on a greater system containing electronic medical record of Indonesian children, which is normally recorded in a paper card named Kartu Menuju Sehat (KMS). The device can measure five parameters: height, weight, temperature, heart rate, and blood oxygen (SpO2). The result is passed to a sensor fusion system to determine health status of the child, after which the data is transmitted to mobile KMS application owned by child’s guardian and health personnel. The system is tested on 12 infants of 12 months and below in two Indonesia’s community health centre Posyandu units. Based on the result, the system is able to measure five parameters at once and transmit it to the health personnel and child’s guardian, making it feasible to develop the prototype further into a fully functional medical device for use with electronic KMS.