Week 6 Assignment

Nitesh Dulal

Westcliff University

TECH300: Internet of Things (IoT)

Prof. Shrawan Thakur

April 7, 2023
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Remote Patient Monitoring

Internet of Things (IoT) system contains a thing called Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM)

that empowers IoT-connected systems to supervise individuals' wellness and transmit their

findings to their own health professionals in genuine. RPM provides a way for standard medical

checkups to be completed out within the comforts of a doctor's office instead than forcing

patients to go to a hospital. As it enables healthcare services easier to obtain, these advances are

particularly helpful in rural regions with a dearth of medical personnel with training. RPM, that

have established to be super useful treating those who have long-term health issues, has grown

ever more essential in the current COVID outbreak. RPM enables individuals to obtain so same

high-quality care and compassion that they'd get at a hospital with having to make a trip to the

doctor's office. Providing medical care available first from ease of their own residences has

significantly decreased the incidence of infections. Inevitably, RPM is a formidable instrument

with both the capacity to completely change the health sector. RPM allows physicians to achieve

outstanding hospital attention to people who might not sometimes have exposure by enabling

physicians to monitoring their patients' condition at all times.

ECG Sensors: Patients' vital signs are frequently observed in the interest of tracking

cardiac disorders, tachycardia, heart disease risk, and sometimes even generalized uneasiness.

Because among the equipment that can be embedded in this sensing are medical devices,

cardioverter, and looped monitoring for continual tracking and disclosure of cardiac data.

Measuring abnormalities in pulse rate and informing physicians whenever required is made

simple by ECG monitors. With both the introduction of ECG sensors, blood pressure may well

be controlled, cardiac arrest can be forecasted, and arrhythmia can be diagnosed immediately.
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1. Blood Pressure Sensors: These detectors are usually bracelets that the person wears on

his forearm for enhanced hypertension management. Through the use of RPM, health

professionals may be advised when a person's blood pressures readings straying from of

the following illustration, assess the circumstance, and then provide treatment guidelines

for bringing the arterial blood pressure restored to a normal level. Generally, alerts are

success of achieving a 24-hour sampling periods.

2. Saturation Level Sensors: Blood saturation percentages are very often monitored to

determine what more oxygenation is in your bloodstream. This is a simple way of

gathering vital information while collecting samples which is frequently done by means

of an oximeter device. By determining the percentage of oxygen-carrying circulation, the

instrument flashes a laser through the skin and determines the quantity of oxygen present

in the body. The vapor pressure will then be shown on a display. Such equipment are

crucial to maintaining track monitoring chronic diseases involving pulmonary and cardiac

conditions.
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3. Weight Monitors: A valuable alternative to smart watches for monitoring records of

patient body changes involves employing weight sensors. If the modifications are

substantial and unforeseen, they are generally the consequence of a sickness or perhaps

the irresponsibility of the individual. In these kinds of conditions, the practitioner can

keep an eye on the modifications and prescribe the appropriate medication.

4. Wearable Devices: Accessories like wristbands, leg bands, and timepieces are chosen

primarily for their attractive appearance. The blood pressure monitors can be integrated

into wristbands and smartwatches, which also will works similarly yet provide enough

client with improved comfort. People don't enjoy carrying surgical devices all the times,

but mounting them on fashion accessories like wristbands makes them look better on

people.

Working of the RPM model

The technology and sensory equipment used in the RPM model were previously

described. Now let us investigate the model's use in actuality immediately. Each of the

aforementioned instruments serve the purpose of the first situation to check the woman's

care. Such monitors constantly monitor even the simplest modifications to medical treatment

and record the information straight instantly. The internet takes in the data generated first

from cameras and gadgets. These are examined to allow the information to sound right after

becoming saved into sizable databases. Nowadays, this method of analyzing data may be

enhanced by combining both AI and machine learning. In this method, the IoT gadget will

evaluate a disease and prescribe a fix on its own, in addition to supplying health doctors with

key information (Yew, 2020). The procedure wellness reports typically delivered alongside
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any development tools so that they're able to be reviewed by the specialists, after which

they'll base their decisions on all the relevant data.

A Mixed Model: Service with Par-per-usage

However, it could additionally be used with some other IoT patterns, this RPM model is

indeed a service model. As examples, to transform it into a reputable firm, you would suggest

that the patients would have to contribute an amount each month again for tracking software.

As a reason, it's going to employ both a service offering and a remuneration one. Besides

that, other Iot applications that fall there under RPM can indeed be sold, including such

pharmaceutical distributors that remember individuals to take prescription medication, notify

clinicians if they forget a dosage, and absolutely call pharmacy when the availability of their

medicines is getting low. To convert what is now a normal company with servicing and just a

remuneration structure, many more from other equipment, such as these and, may be

incorporated.
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References

Archip, A., Botezatu, N., Şerban, E., Herghelegiu, P. C., & Zală, A. (2016). An IoT based system

for remote patient monitoring. In 2016 17th international Carpathian control conference

(ICCC) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.

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Yew, H. T., Ng, M. F., Ping, S. Z., Chung, S. K., Chekima, A., & Dargham, J. A. (2020). IoT

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