Authors: Irawan Afrianto, Rahmat Mainusar, Sufa Atin
Abstract
Optimizing the patient handling process is an important part of a community health service centre. The study aims to develop a patient monitoring system using a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) approach based on the Internet of Things (IoT) and Wireless Mesh Network (WMN). The application of the wireless sensor network in this study is used to monitor patients wirelessly and with precision in a nurse’s room. The method used in the development of this system is using the prototype method. The system model is developed in the form of applications and hardware consisting of IoT and wireless mesh network infrastructure. The application that was built has the function of receiving data from IoT devices that are sent via a wireless mesh network. Meanwhile, the developed hardware functions to detect the level of infusion water and the nurse calling device wirelessly. Wireless mesh network infrastructure is used as a data traffic medium that can configure and organize itself (self-configured), to maintain connectivity. The results obtained show that the prototype of the patient monitoring system is functionally running well, can produce fast and accurate information, and produces IoT devices that work efficiently and have reliable network infrastructure, to provide convenience for patients and nurses to obtain optimal health services. © School of Engineering, Taylor’s University.
Author keywords
Internet of things; Patient monitoring system; Wireless mesh network; Wireless sensor network
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