Microcontroller-based Wireless Heart Rate Telemonitor for Home Care

Homecare is the provision of health care services to patients in their own home. One of the main purposes of homecare telemedicine is to develop a wireless, low-cost and use-friendly system which allows patients to measure their own vital signs, such as heart rate and temperature, and provide the health care professionals with the facility to remotely monitor the patient's vital signs quickly and easily. The gadget would then activate a GSM modem (SIM based) and also a GPS (global positioning system). The gadget would then take out the location reading from the GPS. Other vital information such as Heart Rate and temperature is taken and sent to predefined numbers. The receiver will get an SMS which will contain information of the senior person with his/her position co-ordinates and his/her current status (Heart Rate). An onscreen display will start scrolling the person’s name, address and contact details so that people who try to help such a person get the complete information from the device.