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This paper describes the research made on current mobile health monitoring systems targeting the elderly and the development of an elderly-oriented solution, serving as a proof-of-concept of the research done. It provides a scientific contribution by specifying a system with characteristics never combined before, when applied to the health monitoring of older adults. Also, a prototype for that system was developed and evaluated with its end users – the elderly.
The proof of concept solution allows the patient to measure his weight and blood pressure with ANT+ sensors connected to his Android smart-phone. The measured data is stored on the mobile device for later reading and sent through the network, to a medical entity. This entity can, whenever desired, analyse that information and give an appropriate feedback to the patient through a web application.
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Belchior, R., Júnior, D., Monteiro, A. (2013). ANT+ Medical Health Kit for Older Adults. In: Godara, B., Nikita, K.S. (eds) Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare. MobiHealth 2012. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 61. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37893-5_3
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