Title: A wireless ECG monitoring system for pervasive healthcare

Authors: Sweta Sneha, Upkar Varshney

Addresses: Department of Computer Information Systems, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302–4015, USA. ' Department of Computer Information Systems, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302–4015, USA

Abstract: This paper presents an architectural framework of a system utilising mobile technologies to enable continuous, wireless, electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring of cardiac patients. The proposed system has the potential to improve patients| quality of life by allowing them to move around freely while undergoing continuous heart monitoring and to reduce healthcare costs associated with prolonged hospitalisation, treatment and monitoring.

Keywords: pervasive healthcare; e-health; telemedicine; wireless monitoring; electrocardiograms; ECG; cardiology; patient monitoring; electronic healthcare; cost reduction; mobile healthcare; m-health; electronic healthcare.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEH.2007.011479

International Journal of Electronic Healthcare, 2007 Vol.3 No.1, pp.32 - 50

Published online: 30 Nov 2006 *

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