ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN OF AN INTEGRATED WEARABLE, IOT AND CLOUD BASED TELEMEDICINE SYSTEM FOR RURAL HEALTHCARE

Vanita Ganesh Bhagwat, Muzameel Ahmed, Arbind Gupta, Sreevani N

Abstract: With, more than 70% of the population living in rural parts of India, availability of health-care in these parts of the country is largely constrained by shortage of medical professionals, reluctance of doctors to work in rural areas, unavailability of basic medical facilities and functionaries etc. A Telemedicine system can help in bridging this gap by making use of furtherance in sensor technology, information technology and telecommunication technology to deliver the healthcare remotely. But the available have not found much acceptance in rural areas due to various reasons such as High cost barrier, Dependency on grid electricity, Maintenance challenge, unavailability of native language support etc. Objective of this paper is to design a telemedicine architecture that is suitable to be used in rural parts of the country.

Keywords: Telemedicine, health-care, Remote health, Tele-Consultation, IoT, Cloud

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2018.0706011