Ubiquitous Wearable Healthcare Monitoring System Architectural Design for Prevention, Detection, and Monitoring of Chronic Diseases

Abstract

Chronic diseases have become the leading cause of death and disability worldwide. Major chronic diseases currently account for almost 60% of all deaths, and this contribution is expected to rise up to 73% by 2020. An integrated approach is needed for detection, prevention, and monitoring of these diseases. For better and specialized healthcare services, there is a need to develop a technology that should be fast, reliable, secure, accurate, and economical. In this chapter, the authors have presented an architectural design for wearable healthcare monitoring systems. The main motivation behind this architectural design is to improve the efficiency, accuracy, and generosity of WHMS. The architecture design divides the system into three layers or subsystems. The chapter provides a detailed description of subsystems, components, functionalities, requirements, and realization mechanisms along with their merits and demerits. The resolution of design issues like data fusion, data delivery, data processing, security, accuracy, and efficiency are the main points of this architecture design.