Pervasive Healthcare System for Real-Time Activity Monitoring using Integrated ADXL345 Tri-axial Accelerometer and Android Smartphone

In this study, we report implementation of a novel Pervasive Healthcare System (PHS) for real-time activity monitoring. The prototype uses integrated ADXL345 tri-axial accelerometer and android Smartphone to provide quality pervasive healthcare services to users at affordable costs. Pervasive healthcare is healthcare to anyone without time and location constraints while increasing both coverage and quality of services. The prototype intelligently monitors body movements of an individual to gain valuable information about the individual’s daily activities which would be analyzed to improve health and quality of life of the individual. We define the PHS architecture, summarize the implementation and show measurement results when tested on life volunteers, it gives high accuracy in activity monitoring of a patient using changes in acceleration patterns and exceeding threshold values.