Track: Innovation

Abstract

The science of today is the technology of tomorrow.  It’s not that we use technology.  We live technology.  Technology changes the quality of life.   According to the constitutions of World Health Organization (WHO) the highest attainable standard of health is a fundamental right for an individual (Abdullah et al, 2015).  The WHO predicts that in 2020 most of the diseases worldwide will be due to chronic pathologies as diabetes, hypertension or cardiovascular diseases. Thus compounds the problems of obesity and intensify the activity monitoring.  There are several eHealth Monitoring System on the market in today society, such as MyHome eHealth Monitoring System.  The growth of the remote patient monitoring field, the Internet of Things and machine-to-machine communication market is expected to rise from $255.87 Billion in 2014 to $947.29 Billion by 2019, according to a Markets and Markets report.  According to Grand View Research, Inc., global eHealth market is expected to reach 308 billion (USD) by 2022.  The transition of the healthcare industry into digital healthcare system management and analysis of patient health is expected to be the most vital driver of the market.  The goal of this project was to create an IoT E-Health Monitoring System using the Raspberry Pi to monitor a patient heart rate and temperature.