Patient Monitoring System using Beacon
PK Bhavani · International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology · 2020
In the smart moving world everything becomes easy by using the advanced technology in the smartphone. This paper is about monitoring the patient using beacon through the android developed application. Beacon is a device which can be scanned through the smartphone using BLE (Bluetooth low energy). By using beacon, the patient location can be tracked inside the hospital for visitors and the staff can monitor the humidity and temperature of the patient. In addition pulse rate can be checked using the raspberry pi device. The patient records are maintained in the cloud linking with the application, so the doctors can easily manage the patient records. The health status can be tracked and changed through the application. Doctors can modify the patient records and track their health status with the cloud database. The location will be more accurate than GPS (Global Positioning System), so the location can be viewed from anywhere by the doctors or visitors. In real time beacon scanning is restricted to a shorter range to provide more battery life. Beacon is more secure than the GPS, so patient location can be tracked easily and accurately Keywords-Beacon, BLE, Raspberry pi device, patient monitoring, GPS