Smart MIoT based Cardiac Healthcare Monitoring System for Ubiquitous Healthcare Service

Abstract

Cardiovascular disorder is the most leading cause of mortality worldwide, including Pakistan. Most cardiac disease-related fatalities are abrupt and leave little time for medical assistance to be given. Precautions are constantly necessary to avoid such impulsive unintentional deaths. In the existing Internet of Things (IoT) domain for cardiovascular monitoring, just a few heart parameters are addressed, sensors are dispersed, and needs physical patient in hospital for healthcare monitoring purposes. Also, there is no system found in a Pakistan worked in a cardiac domain. Thus, the ubiquitous healthcare mechanism for remote and real time monitoring of basic and vital cardiac parameters is the best solution for all the health issues that cardiac patients of all ages, especially the most vulnerable segments of the ageing population, are currently facing in Pakistan. This approach intends to notably reduce unnecessary hospital visits, expensive travel expenses, and the lengthy lines that are becoming intolerably uncomfortable for cardiac patients. In addition, the continuous, nonstop monitoring of key cardiac parameters is another crucial aspect of cardiac patients. Our proposed Medical Internet of Things (MIoT) kit is specifically outfitted with all the required cardiac parameters, such as Blood Pressure (BP), Heart Rate, Oxygen Level, Temperature, and Electrocardiography (ECG). The seamless delivery of an integrated IoT solution in our country with the least amount of sensor dispersion is one of the major key aspects of this arrangement. The system also consists of cloud application for continuous and remote patient monitoring and alert mechanism to enable prompt intervention by trained medical staff who will act correctly and at the appropriate moment to keep the frequency of critical events to a minimal. Our proposed methodology has undergone testing in a real medical setting. The testing of our system involves a total of 8 subjects. Both objective and subjective testing are used to evaluate our system after it has been put into place. The testing and comparison results have demonstrated that the proposed integrated kit values are significantly closer to the device utilized at the doctor's end than the dispersed kit results.