IoT-Based Health Monitoring System (IHMS)

Health monitoring is one of the challenges today especially in remote areas where the doctor cannot be reached out immediately. The aim of IHMS is to provide quality and immediate medication to patients in emergencies. Considering the advantages of Internet of Things (IoT), a real-time application is developed. The application makes use of Raspberry Pi and sensors like temperature, blood pressure, heart beat, etc. as hardware and an android mobile application is developed through which communication can be maintained between patient's caretaker and doctor. Also, alerts will be sent through application both ways and incase of absence of Internet, the system is developed in such a way that alerts can be sent through messages for which a GSM module is used. In this way, IHMS is effective in taking care of health issues confronted by patients in emergencies and thus improving living conditions.