International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics

Volume 118 No. 8 2018, 613-619

ISSN: 1311-8080 (printed version); ISSN: 1314-3395 (on-line version)
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AUTOMATIC HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM USING RASPBERRY PI

Mrs.G.Mohana Prabha
Department of Information Technology, M.Kumarasamy College of Engineering, (Autonomous),
Karur, Tamilnadu, India
E-Mail: sekarprabha@gmail.com
ABSTRACT:
In the advancement of Internet technologies all machineries are inter related. Using the
technology improvement, we can make many things in high effective and simple for human life.
There are several places of Internet of Things (IOT) is used. Such as smart environment, smart home,
smart city, smart parking, agriculture fields and medical fields.. In this paper, monitor patient‟s heart
rate, body temperature, Respiration rate and body movements using Raspberry Pi . After connecting
Internet to the Raspberry Pi board it act as a server.. If these parameters are goes to abnormal, it will
automatically sends alert message to the doctor. The data send by Raspberry pi is stored on a server.
The detailed information of patients and doctor is registered through website on stored on server. The
website can be accessible from anywhere only for patients, it also useful for normal people to check
the health status by using wearable devices with sensors. Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) for
monitoring patient‟s physiological conditions continuously using Raspberry Pi for acquiring the
observed patient‟s physiological signal.

Keywords-Raspberry pi, EeG, Healthcare applications,Internet of things, , Heartbeat sensor,

Temperature sensor, Respiration sensor, Accelerometer sensor, Internet of Things
patient all the time and secondly, the patient
I.INTRODUCTION
remains admitted in a hospital, bedside
Health is one of the global
challenges for humanity. In the last decade the biomedical instruments, for a period of time.
healthcare has drawn considerable amount of In order to solve these two problems, the
attention. The prime goal was to develop a patients are given knowledge and information
reliable patient monitoring system so that the about disease diagnosis and prevention.
healthcare professionals can monitor the Secondly, a reliable and readily available
patients, who are either hospitalized or patient monitoring system (PMS) is required .
executing their normal daily life activities. In order to improve the above condition, we
Recently, the patient monitoring systems is can make use of technology in a smarter way.
one of the major advancements because of its In recent years, health care sensors along with
improved technology. Currently, there is need raspberry pi play a vital role. Wearable
for a modernized approach. In the traditional sensors are in contact with the human body
approach the healthcare professionals play the and monitor his or her physiological
major role. They need to visit the patient‟s parameters. We can buy variety of sensors in
ward for necessary diagnosis and advising. the market today such as ECG sensors,
There are two basic problems associated with temperature sensors, pulse monitors etc. The
this approach. Firstly, the healthcare cost of the sensors varies according to their
professionals must be present on site of the size, flexibility and accuracy. The Raspberry

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Pi which is a cheap, flexible, fully  The device utilizes a GSM module to

customizable and programmable small send the data in the form of SMS to a
computer board brings the advantages of a PC mobile device for better portability of
to the domain of sensor network . In our the system.
system we are measuring patient‟s parameters  The device has a functionality of
(ECG, temperature, heart rate, pulse, etc) showing both the time and date of the
different available sensors. This sensor measured data
collected data i.e. biometric information is
given to raspberry pi and then it is transferred A.Sensors
to server. Biometric information gathered can The part is the sensors part that consists of
be wirelessly sent using different options different health sensors like heartbeat sensor,
available such as Wi-Fi, 3G, GSM, Bluetooth, temperature sensor.
802.15.4 and ZigBee depending on the
1. Heartbeat sensor
application . The data stored in a database and
can be displayed in a website that can be 2. Temperature sensor
accessed only by authorized personnel . The Sensors are the wearable sensors are placed at
doctors, RMOs, patient or his family members the patient‟s body. Sensors sense the patient
can be given authorization. The system even body parameters like heartbeat, temperature.
facilitates the doctor to view the patient's The sensed data from the sensors send to the
previous history from the data in memory. The sensor node
system utilizes an optical mechanism to
measure the modulations generated by
electrical or physical variations in the heart
movements.

 Wired communication is eradicated.

 Real time monitoring of the patient is
possible.
 The doctor does not need to visit the
Fig 1.sensor
patient to monitor him/her.
 Time is saved for both patients and II.LITERATURE SURVEY
doctor.
 Helpful in emergency period. A. Real Time Wireless Health Monitoring
 Routine checking of the patient can be Application using Mobile Devices
done easily. Patient monitoring system and control using
 Useful for remote areas. feedback and GSM technology is used to
 Once installed, the maintenance cost is monitor the different parameters of an ICU
very low. patient remotely and also control over
 Easy to use (Even illiterate people can medicine dosage is provided. This system
operate it). enables expert doctors to monitor vital
 Increases access to health care while parameters viz body temperature, blood
decreasing the healthcare delivery pressure and heart rate of patients in remote
costs.

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areas of hospital as well as he can monitor the This Paper Propose An Efficient Low Cost
patient when he is out of the premises [8]. & Portable Patients Health Monitoring
System. A Raspberry Pi Based System Is
Developed for Collecting Sensed Data from
Sensor (Sensors like Temperature, Blood
Pressure, Oximeter Etc. Are Used) This
B. GSM based tele alert system Signals From Patients Will Be Send To
Doctor For Remotely Analyzing The Patients
A module that provides mobility to the
Health Report. A Web Based Application Has
doctor and the patient, by adopting a simple
Been Developed For Both Patients and
and popular technique, detecting the
Doctors through Which They Can Even
abnormalities in the bio signal of the patient in
Communicate With Each Other. This System
advance and sending an alert SMS to the
Can Be More Useful For The Peoples From
doctor through Global system for
Rural Areas
Mobile(GSM) thereby taking suitable
precautionary measures thus reducing the
E. Health Gear: A Real-Time Wearable
critical level of the patient [9].
System for Monitoring and Analysing
C. A Multi-Alert Patient Health Monitoring Physiological Signals
using Zigbee A Health Gear Presents A Real Time
Wearable System For Monitoring, Visualising
Wireless sensor network is a growing And Analysing Physiological Signals. Set Of
field showing tremendous applications in the Non-Invasive Physiological Sensors Are
areas of medical assistance in hospitals. Wirelessly Connected To A Cell Phone,
According to the Medical Statistics, everyday Which Stores, Transmits And Analyses The
many patients‟ lives are affected due to Physiological Data And Then It Presents It To
negligence in the part of providing immediate The User In An Appropriate Way. Set Of
care to the patients. Sometimes it is difficult NonPervasive Sensors Are Part Of Health
for the staff in the hospitals to race against the Gear. To Monitor The Users Blood Oxygen
time to reach the patient. Solution to this is a Level And Pule While Sleeping, We Focus On
need of system that can measure patient health Implementation Of Health Gear Using A
constantly. The main goal of this paper is to Blood Oximeter. Also The Two Different
alert the staff in the hospitals in case of Algorithms We Use For Automatically
emergency. This system is designed using Determining Sleep Apnea Events And For
sensors and wireless technology with the help Illustrating The Performance Of The Overall
of Microcontroller. Sensors will continuously System In Sleep Study With 20 Volunteers
monitor the vital signs until an abnormal
condition is detected. After detecting the
II.IMPLEMENTATION
abnormal condition, alert system comes into
A.Raspberry Pi:
action which acts as a multi-alert system.
The Raspberry Pi is a low cost, credit-card
D. Low Cost and Portable Patient sized computer that plugs into a computer
Monitoring System for E-Health Services in monitor or TV, and uses a standard keyboard
Bangladesh and mouse. The Raspberry

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Pi Model B+ has dual core ARM11 processor  Also this system can be installed easily
with 512MB SDRAM and powers through in all the hospitals and huge data
Micro USB socket of 5V. Sensors are obtained can be stored in the database.
connected to the Raspberry Pi Model Moreover this data is much valuable
B+.Raspberry Pi sends the information to  Raspberry Pi, with its broad variety of
servers through GSM module. features can be used for several
The interconnection between different purposes and have much scope in
components is explained using the architecture future
of system. Architecture diagram is shown in
figure 1. The patients connect the sensors to Problem definition of our underlying
their body and the other end of the sensors is system which is basically useful for
connected to Raspberry Pi. The data acquired doctor‟s for monitoring patient‟s
by sensors is stored in the Raspberry pi B+.  Health parameter and gets the accurate
The data values (i.e. Biometric data) are result.
shown on LCD display and at the same time if  The doctors are continuously monitor
the values exceed the normal range, the alarm the health parameter of icu patients
triggers. The values stored are sent to server from any location and virtually
with the help of GSM. All the values are connected to the patient through
stored on the server and the most recent value website.
is displayed on webpage. The doctor along  Also through this system real time
with their login credentials can login and see parameter values can be measured so
the patient data. Doctors can see all previous this system is beneficial for
records of a patient and suggest medicines and  Hospitals as well as in clinic also.
changes in prescription. Also patients are  Through this system, the doctor can
given unique user id and password to view able to calculate temperature, ecg,
their records heart rate values efficiently and store
data on raspberry pi temporarily.
 The values are in form of - temperature
we are getting celsius, heart rate in
pulses, ecg in percentage shown on
display as well as on website.
 The any threshold value will be
fluctuating from specified value then
the alarm will be triggered which is
connected through raspberry pi and
rmo‟s get the alert.

B.STEPS
Import all the modules required for Serial
Fig 2. Raspberry Communication, MySQLdb.
 Raspberry pi is used for this  Communicate with the ECG's
application because of its multi-tasking connected to Raspberry Pi.
capability and low power consumption  Find the heart beat from the input data.

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 Update the website database with new Instead of medical application we can use
health parameters. our system in industrial and agricultural
 Check if the heart beat is in the normal application by using sensors like humidity
range. sensors, fertility check sensors, etc.
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