Abstract:
Since the population of the world is ageing rapidly, how to provide appropriate healthcare
to the elderly and unwell people becomes an important issue and draws high attention from
medical, academic and industrial fields of the society.
The Internet of Things (IoT) drives the evolution of the Internet, and is regarded as a
great potential to improve quality of life for the surging number of elderly people significantly.
As Android operating system gains immense popularity nowadays, it is a trend to make use of
it for the wider access of IoT utility.
This report presents a health monitoring system prototype based on IoT, with the increasing
use of sensors by medical devices, remote and continuous monitoring of a patients
health. This network of sensors and other mobile communication devices, referred to as the
Internet of Things for Medical Devices (IoT-MD), is poised to revolutionize the functioning of
the healthcare industry.
