AcademicArticleSCO_85018409612
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© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017. Nowadays, health monitoring systems, that comprise electronic devices; patients, doctors and appointments registry, supported by Internet, tend to be very costly. For this reason, its massive presence in hospitals is reserved for private health institutions, that have high economic resources. In this paper we propose an instrument that allows measurement, processing and transmission of patient vital signs, via Internet to a mobile device at a low cost. This instrument, is based, on three modular applications working in four functional blocks, to transmit the information. The first software module consists of an application programed in Node.js, that receives information from a mini computer (PCDuino) where the vital signs sensors are connected. Information from sensors is transmitted through UDP protocol to a second application, that uses Websocket connection. Later this information is shown in an administrative interface.This process allows doctors and attention personnel to know and update patient vital signs in real time. This tool represents a main contribution for the medical sector.
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