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Public health care is one of the biggest challenges for developing countries like India. The work presented in this paper is to design and develop an IoT-enabled prototype of a portable healthcare device. This device is developed for health workers to overcome the problem faced by them in medical data collection and maintaining the medical records of each person in rural areas. We have interfaced medical sensors like blood pressure sensor, pulse oximetry sensor, and body temperature sensor with a single microcontroller to measure the basic physiological parameters. To create individuals’ online medical database, we have developed a unique key-based entry system consisting of a keypad to enter assigned unique API key of individuals and Wi-Fi module to send measured data on the cloud platform. The acquired data can be updated and shared routinely with the Government Health Department, hospitals, or medical practitioner anywhere in the world for further analysis and decision-making. Using this portable device, we can deliver the high quality of healthcare services at the door of rural inhabitants. The developed prototype of the device is portable, ergonomic, and easy to use.
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The authors would like to thank ACS Division C-DAC Mohali for providing the support and facilities. All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards. The informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
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Nautiyal, S., Devi, R. (2020). Design and Development of IoT-Enabled Portable Healthcare Device for Rural Health Workers. In: Singh Tomar, G., Chaudhari, N.S., Barbosa, J.L.V., Aghwariya, M.K. (eds) International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Smart Communication 2019. Algorithms for Intelligent Systems. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0633-8_148
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