A Tele-Electrocardiographic Monitoring System for Patients with Chronic Diseases at Home

In this study, a smart phone-based wireless Electrocardiographic (ECG) system connected through the internet to a remote server is developed. This system enables medical doctors to monitor ECG signals of patients with chronic diseases at their homes by accessing the server with ordinary computers anytime and anywhere. The battery of the system is durable for at least seven days, and thus the system is suitable for visiting medical care. The experimental results indicate that long-term monitoring through the smart phone and server will provide rich information on a patient's terminal status for doctors in remote locations. However, it is necessary to collect extensive clinical data to predict the timing of end-of-life more precisely.