Abstract
In this paper, we present the design, development and implementation of an integrated system for the management of COVID-19 patient, using the LoRaWAN communication infrastructure. Our system offers certain advantages when compared to other similar solutions, allowing remote symptom and health monitoring that can be applied to isolated or quarantined people, without any external interaction with the patient. The IoT wearable device can monitor parameters of health condition like pulse, blood oxygen saturation, and body temperature, as well as the current location. To test the performance of the proposed system, two persons under quarantine were monitored, for a complete 14-day standard quarantine time interval. Based on the data transmitted to the monitoring center, the medical staff decided, after several days of monitoring, when the measured values were outside of the normal parameters, to do an RT-PCR test for one of the two persons, confirming the SARS-CoV2 virus infection. We have to emphasize the high degree of scalability of the proposed solution that can oversee a large number of patients at the same time, thanks to the LoRaWAN communication protocol used. This solution can be successfully implemented by local authorities to increase monitoring capabilities, also saving lives.
Highlights
In recent years, we have witnessed continuous discussions about the IoT (Internet of Things) concept, which involves the connection of various objects that surround us in our everyday life to the Internet
We present the design, development, and implementation of an integrated system for COVID-19 illness management that is associated with the SARS-CoV2 virus infection
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Summary
We have witnessed continuous discussions about the IoT (Internet of Things) concept, which involves the connection of various objects that surround us in our everyday life to the Internet. We present the design, development, and implementation of an integrated system for COVID-19 illness management that is associated with the SARS-CoV2 virus infection. The design of an in-depth analysis of IoT challenges regarding the SARS-CoV2 pandemic; The performance evaluation of the communications protocol that can be integrated in the patient monitoring architecture distributed over a large geographical area; The design, development, and implementation of a novel integrated system for COVID-19 illness management; The patient monitoring IoT multi-sensor platform integration in a wearable device that is easy to wear and fully reconfigurable; The multi-sensor IoT wearable device can monitor the health condition related parameters like pulse, blood oxygen saturation and body temperature, as well as the patient’s current location increasing the monitoring capabilities of the local authorities and saving lives
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