Remote monitoring of vital signs in Chronic Heart Failure patients

Abstract: Majority of the population, especially the people older than 65, suffer from Chronic Heart Failure leading to frequent hospitalizations which results in high health expenditure. So, we have developed a complete and integrated Information and Communication Technology system on LabVIEW platform that enables the doctors to diagnose and monitor the CHF patients from distance. This system measures the heart rate and blood pressure of the patient through heart rate sensor and blood pressure sensor. The output from these sensors are transmitted to the remote system via Bluetooth. It is then transmitted to the Hospital Information System by using LabVIEW tool. This enables the CHF patients to daily collect vital signs at home and automatically send them to the Hospital Information System and it also allows the physicians to monitor the patients from distance and to take timely actions in case of necessity.

Keywords: interrupt service routine, systolic pressure, program counter, parity, diastolic pressure, accuracy.