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Health Monitoring System

What is health monitoring system?
It is technology which monitors or keeps the track of our health and reads data of factors like heartbeats, blood pressure, body temperature and many other factors of our body which are responsible for vital changes in our body. The data which is being recorded by the system is sent wirelessly either by internet based application or mobile based applications to server that keeps all the past records of the patient information to check any changes in the b0dy of the patient. In any case if there is any change in the health status of a patient he will be informed at the moment. Even the patients family, physician or any other person who is taking caring of the patient will be notified by the system very soon. This health monitoring system is proved to be very useful in mass casualty emergencies or any natural calamities. The health monitor device is to be placed on an injured victim and that device will act as a sensor which will send the data through wireless system to a doctor to transmit the patients vital sign data. This system is very used in emergency response situation services. In this situation, the possible loss of communication infrastructure which could force the first responders to use unconventional means of communication. The first responders would need to set up a base of operation to recover and treat the disaster victims. In this base of operation, the medical staff will set up the central server that will receive data from the health monitoring devices. We are hopeful that our system will facilitate the prioritization of delegating medical attention. Our system should also benefit the organization and resource management of a simple triage. Our vision is that such a wireless health monitoring system will make a more efficient emergency response to save more lives.

Why to use health monitoring system?

This system is made for that person who doesnt like to visit their respective physician for regular checkups. Two main reasons for this kind of their behavior are firstly they dont like the doctor and secondly they dont like to deal with the doctor appointment process. But it is also very necessary to consult your doctor always for regular checkup because it will not only keep you fit and healthy but also you are able to spot the problem before they could affect you badly. Regular health checkup is very necessary for every human. A young children need to visit his/her physician at regular interval for health monitoring. This regular checkup will keep the track of their height, weight and their general health too. It is always seen that women need more health monitoring than men as they need to have their gynecological health problem every year. This health monitoring system provides a better and reliable way to get rid of these two problems and also will keep track of en\very patient of it

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There are some cases seen where this health monitoring system has done really great work. Here are some cases Sometimes people visit their physician complaining of a minor illness but doctor or even patient could not able to exhibit symptoms of their problem whereas with wireless health monitoring system a patient is provided a monitor which he/she can wear outside the medical facility and the monitor will automatically sends the data to the doctor notifying any symptom in the patients body. It gives assurance to those whose parents living long distance away from them or people without any relative to take care of them. This health monitoring system provides a method to make sure if sudden heart attack or any other life threatening illness occurred they will be quickly notified through ongoing monitor. It keeps track of important factors of their patients body and informs the patient when its time to take medicine so there will be no further complication and to prevent their patients from any illness. Drawbacks of health monitoring systems: In any natural calamity or in any mass destruction this system would face many problems:There could be loss of communication between the doctor and patient may be due to technical problem or due to some calamity. A base of operation is to be setup to treat the disaster victims. Also a base of operation is needed for medical staff to receive data from the health monitoring system. Some major apparatus like signal receiver, signal sender, computers, webcam etc are required to fulfill the health monitoring system. This system will raise fund for relief in such kind of emergency as it requires lot of area and expensive apparatus.

Characteristics
The characteristics of health monitoring system are described below:

Simplicity
The systems consist of no complex system or communication architecture. Though it is a large system but an easy to build and operate.

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Cheap
This system is cost effective. It consists of low price sensors and data transmitters. This system can easily work on personal computers with normal configurations.nce the system is setup it will service large number of patients and the cost will be recovered very quickly.

Security
It provides a unique tag that will be used to identify the patient. The patient information will be saved in their database. The data being transmitted between the servers is in encrypted form so as to protect from security vulnerability.

Flexible communication protocol

The transmission of data between servers can be done by WLAN or mobile based applications. While using computer the communication can be made by internet.PDA phones can also be used to transfer signals.

Capability to help authority to determine general health policies

This can create general awareness in those areas where a specific disease is a spread due to lack of a particular vitamin. This system can notify the authority of the particular area the method to control the disease. The authority can help to cure its people by providing food having the specific vitamin.

BMI
BMI stands for body mass index. It is also known as Quetelet index. It is a statistical measure of body weight based on a person height and weight. It is to clear that it is not a method to measure the percentage of body fat. It is used as a measure to calculate a persons body weight totally based on his/her height. This method of calculating body weight is being used widely in the world because of its easy way of operation and calculation. It is mostly used in those parts of world where mostly population is underweight, overweight or suffering with obesity. This diagnostic tool of calculating body weight was invented by the belgianpolymath adolphe quetelet between 1830 and 1850. Body mass index in mathematical language is defined as the persons weight divided by its height. This formula used in medicine and produced a unit of measure of kg/m2. Body mass index can also be measured by using a BMI (body mass index) chart. This BMI chart shows BMI as a function of weight (mostly taken on horizontal axis) and height (mostly taken on vertical axis). This BMI chart uses contour lines for different values of BMI.

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Formula used to calculate BMI in different unit are:-

(SI UNIT)

(IMPERIAL UNIT)

Usage
The scientists have accepted the BMI to be the best tool for calculating percentage of body fat among the ratios of height and weight. The BMI was also appropriate tool for population studies and unsuitable method for individual diagnosis. But as soon it became popular due to its easy way of operation, the people start using for measuring individual diagnosis despite of its inappropriateness. BMI provides the very easy way to measure simple numeric of a persons percentage of fat or thinness in his/her body. This tool provides the method for health professional or dieticians to look over a persons health and discuss over health problems like underweight and overweight with their patients very easily and conceptually.BMI has landed itself into controversy because many people including health doctors, physicians have started relying on its numerical authority for their diagnosis. But this is to be observed that it was not the prime purpose of BMI ever. It was just meant to be used as a simple means of distinguishing physically inactive with an average body person. Some ranges are already set for individuals who are being used till today also. These values of BMI are as follows: a BMI of 18.5 to 25 is considered as most favorable weight of an individual, a BMI lesser than 18.5 indicate that the person is underweight while persons BMI above 25 indicates that the person is overweight. If a BMI shows the reading below 17.5 it indicates that the person might be suffering from anorexia nervosa (it is an eating disorder characterized by avoid eating food and an excess fear of gaining weight).if the BMI measures the reading above 30 it indicates that the person is suffering from obesity. It is observed that for a given height BMI is directly proportional to weight. But for the given weight a relation is evaluated which states that BMI is inversely proportional to the square of the height. Therefore mathematically speaking if all body dimensions gets doubled and weight reads directly with the cube of the height then BMI will get doubled instead of remaining same. This relation is seen in taller people whose BMI is high compared to their body fat percentage.

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BMI Prime
BMI prime is a tool for measuring bodys weight. It is a simple modification of the BMI system. This BMI prime uses an formula for calculating bodys weight .it calculates bodys weight by finding the ratio of actual BMI to upper limit BMI. The upper limit BMI is defined as BMI 25. BMI prime is also the ratio of the body weight to the upper limit body weight (BMI 25). As the BMI prime is the ratio of two different BMI values therefore BMI prime is a dimensionless quantity. Like BMI scale, this BMI prime too had set value to measure the health of a persons body. A person with BMI prime less than 0.74 are considered underweight. If the BMI prime indicates the reading between 0.74 and 0.99 then the person is considered in good health. The person with or above 1.00 BMI prime are considered overweight. The BMI prime is considered to be very useful in clinics as each individual can evaluate by what percentage or margin they deviate from their upper weight limits. Some researchers has said that BMI prime should be calculated using upper limit BMI of 23 instead of 25 in the denominator.

Categories
The prime aim of the BMI is to tell an individual how much his/her body weight deviate from the normal weight of a person with reference to its height. According to WHO the reading of the BMI less than 18.5 means that the person is underweight, malnutrition, or any health problem and if the reading of the BMI is greater than 25 it shows that person is overweight and above 30 the person is considered a patient of obesity. The rule for measuring weight of body in children is totally different from the adults. Though their bodys weight is calculated in the same way as for adults. The BMI set some fixed value or range of reading to indicate a person health but in case of children BMI use percentile method to indicate their health or body weight. If a BMI is less than the 5th percentile the child is considered as underweight if the BMI is above the 95th percentile the child is considered obese.

Application of BMI information

The BMI is used to determine the increasing or decreasing weight in particular group of people. This tool can also be used to determine body weight between different castes, religion groups and can compare what kind of people are underweight or overweight. When the BMI is used to determine the body weight of an individual then BMI is not considered as diagnostic. Though there are some kind of symptoms linked with BMI and prevalence of certain diseases like cancer, heart disease etc. BMI alone is not enough to predict these diseases in any individual. Some other methods are also developed or known to measure the impact of weight on health. Few of them are listed below as follows:

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BMI Circumference of Waist GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DIETS Low HDL or good cholesterol High blood glucose High triglycerides Genetic cardiovascular disease Low physical activity level Cigarette smoking

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