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This paper presents a system whose purpose is to monitor a patient continuously from indoor or outdoor environments. The system is based on a Bluetooth PAN, carried by the patient, whose central node, a smart phone, compiles information about patient’s location and health status. These data are encrypted to be sent to a server through Wifi or GPRS/UMTS. The system provides facilities to access to patient’s data, even from a smart phone by a J2ME application. It also allows to configure remotely the threshold values used to detect emergency situations.
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Morón, M.J., Luque, J.R., Botella, A.A., Cuberos, E.J., Casilari, E., Diaz-Estrella, A. (2007). A Smart Phone-based Personal Area Network for Remote Monitoring of Biosignals. In: Leonhardt, S., Falck, T., Mähönen, P. (eds) 4th International Workshop on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks (BSN 2007). IFMBE Proceedings, vol 13. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70994-7_20
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