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- Title
Developing a Low-Cost IoT-Based Remote Cardiovascular Patient Monitoring System in Cameroon.
- Authors
Armand, Tagne Poupi Theodore; Mozumder, Md Ariful Islam; Ali, Sikandar; Amaechi, Austin Oguejiofor; Kim, Hee-Cheol
- Abstract
(1) Background: Cameroonians are exposed to poor health services, more so citizens with cardiovascular-related diseases. The global high cost of acquiring healthcare-related technologies has prompted the government and individuals to promote the need for local research and the development of the health system. (2) Objectives: The main goal of this study is to design and develop a low-cost cardiovascular patient monitoring system (RPM) with wireless capabilities that could be used in any region of Cameroon, accessible, and very inexpensive, that are able to capture important factors, well reflecting the patient's condition and provide alerting mechanisms. (3) Method: Using the lean UX process from the Gothelf and Seiden framework, the implemented IoT-based application measures the patients' systolic, diastolic, and heart rates using various sensors, that are automated to record directly to the application database for analysis. The validity of the heuristic evaluation was examined in an ethnographic study of paramedics using a prototype of the system in their work environment. (4) Results: We obtained a system that was pre-tested on demo patients and later deployed and tested on seven real human test subjects. The users' task performances partially verified the heuristic evaluation results. (5) Conclusions: The data acquired by the sensors have a high level of accuracy and effectively help specialists to properly monitor their patients at a low cost. The proposed system maintains a user-friendliness as no expertise is required for its effective utilization.
- Subjects
CAMEROON; PATIENT monitoring equipment; REMOTE access networks; MEDICAL care costs; INTERNET of things; PRODUCT design; RESEARCH funding; NEW product development
- Publication
Healthcare (2227-9032), 2023, Vol 11, Issue 1, p199
- ISSN
2227-9032
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/healthcare11020199