Design and Implementation of a Wireless Sensor Network based Health Monitoring System for Hypertensive Patients

Abstract

Hypertensive-patient monitoring usually requires the use of non-invasive senors that are hardwired to bedside monitors. This set-up is cumbersome, forcing the patient to be confined to his hospital bed thereby not allowing him to move around freely within the hospital premises. Presently, in order to continuously track a patient's Blood Pressure (BP) remotely over a period of time, physicians hand over specialized devices to patients