Research Article
Combined Health Monitoring and Emergency Management through Android Based Mobile Device for Elderly People
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-29734-2_37, author={Miklos Kozlovszky and J\^{a}nos Sicz-Meszi\^{a}r and J\^{a}nos Ferenczi and Judit M\^{a}rton and Gergely Windisch and Viktor Kozlovszky and P\^{e}ter Kotcauer and Anik\^{o} Boruzs and P\^{a}l Bogdanov and Zsolt Meixner and Kriszti\^{a}n Kar\^{o}czkai and S\^{a}ndor \^{A}cs}, title={Combined Health Monitoring and Emergency Management through Android Based Mobile Device for Elderly People}, proceedings={Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare. Second International ICST Conference, MobiHealth 2011, Kos Island, Greece, October 5-7, 2011. Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={MOBIHEALTH}, year={2012}, month={10}, keywords={elderly people monitoring Living Lab combined mobile data acquisition and emergency alarm software}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-29734-2_37} }- Miklos Kozlovszky
János Sicz-Mesziár
János Ferenczi
Judit Márton
Gergely Windisch
Viktor Kozlovszky
Péter Kotcauer
Anikó Boruzs
Pál Bogdanov
Zsolt Meixner
Krisztián Karóczkai
Sándor Ács
Year: 2012
Combined Health Monitoring and Emergency Management through Android Based Mobile Device for Elderly People
MOBIHEALTH
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29734-2_37
Abstract
We have developed a combined Android based mobile data acquisition (DAQ) and emergency management solution, which can collect information remotely from patient and send the information towards to the medical data and dispatcher centre for further processing. The mobile device is capable to collect information from various sensors via Bluetooth and USB connection, and further more able to capture and forward manually initiated alarm signals in case of an emergency situation. Beside the alarm signal the system collects and sends information about the patient’s location, and it also enables two ways audio communication between the central dispatcher and the patient automatically. The developed software solution is suitable for different skilled users. Its user interface is highly configurable to support elderly persons (high contrast, huge characters, simple UI, etc.), and also provides advanced mode for the “power” users. The developed system becomes part of our testing program, which is carried out in our Hungarian Living Lab infrastructure. The combination of a mobile DAQ device and mobile emergency alarm device within a single software solution enables care givers to provide better and more effective services in elderly patient monitoring.