Abstract

The rapid increase of wireless technologies and body area networks has enabled the continuous healthcare monitoring of patients from a remote location using various sensors. This paper describes a remote health monitoring system using WBAN where different sensors are used to collect a patient#x2019;s vital signs. Once the data is received, the captured data are evaluated by the Arduino and sent to the patient#x2019;s Android Smartphone using a Bluetooth module and a newly developed android application named Health Monitoring App. Data can be accessed by the patient himself, by doctor or patient#x2019;s family members. In critical conditions such as when body temperature and pulse rate goes beyond a predefined value or patient fall down, then application from patient#x2019;s smart phone triggers a message to deliver to the doctor or relatives with the location of the patient using built-in GPS in patient#x2019;s phone. This remote health monitoring system is very feasible and cost-effective for a developing country like Bangladesh.