tailieunhanh - iCare: A Mobile Health Monitoring System for the Elderly

In an effort to modernize Medicare insurance, the Federal government has allowed private insurers who meet strict requirements to sell private insurance to the elderly, as a substitute for 'traditional' Medicare insurance. There are many forms of private insurance now being sold to the elderly, including some managed care plan types. Managed care plans restrict the choice of physicians and hospitals to include a set selected by the insurance plan, over whom the plan has more control in terms of utilization and expenditures. Managed care plans also provide preventive care and disease management services to their constituents, to keep them healthier and reduce their expenditures. Managed care plans are paid a set. | iCare A Mobile Health Monitoring System for the Elderly Ziyu Lv Feng Xia Guowei Wu Lin Yao Zhikui Chen School of Software Dalian University of Technology Dalian 116620 China e-mail Abstract This paper describes a mobile health monitoring system called iCare for the elderly. We use wireless body sensors and smart phones to monitor the wellbeing of the elderly. It can offer remote monitoring for the elderly anytime anywhere and provide tailored services for each person based on their personal health condition. When detecting an emergency the smart phone will automatically alert preassigned people who could be the old people s family and friends and call the ambulance of the emergency centre. It also acts as the personal health information system and the medical guidance which offers one communication platform and the medical knowledge database so that the family and friends of the served people can cooperate with doctors to take care of him her. The system also features some unique functions that cater to the living demands of the elderly including regular reminder quick alarm medical guidance etc. iCare is not only a real-time health monitoring system for the elderly but also a living assistant which can make their lives more convenient and comfortable. Keywords-healthcare assisted living health monitoring body sensor medical guidance I. Introduction The aging people in the contemporary society have brought great pressure and many seniors have been living alone without anyone accompanied because their offspring are busy with work and have to struggle with severe competition. For those seniors who live independently in their own homes there is an increasing risk of falls and strokes which could threaten their lives. A lot of money and research effort has been spent on making people aware of the warning signs 1 . Getting the elderly to recognize the warning signs is not easy. And it indicates that people who have had a heart attack have a sudden death .