Health Status And Health Service Utilization

Running head: PROPOSAL
Proposal for real-time monitoring of cardiac patients using wearable sensor and smartphone
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PROPOSAL1
Aims/Research question/Objectives
Just as the name implies, wearable sensors refer to smart electronic devices that can
be directly incorporated inside the human body, with the aim of providing clinically pertinent
data and monitoring the health status (Majumder, Mondal and Deen 2017). Cardiac
monitoring encompasses the intermittent or continuous monitoring of activity of the heart.
The research question is given below:
Can wearable sensor and smartphone help in real-time monitoring of cardiac
patients?
Aims
 Implementing wearable sensor and smartphone for real-time monitoring of cardiac
patients
Objectives
 To determine the effects of wearable sensor and smartphone for real-time monitoring
of cardiac patients
Rationale for choosing the topic
In recent years, there has been rapid progress in delivery of healthcare service and low
expenditure wireless communication. Research evidences have elucidated on the huge
potential of wearable sensors in generation of big data, in relation to assisted living and
biomedicine (Mezghani et al. 2015). Taking into consideration their easy availability,
accuracy, reliability, and low cost, wearable sensors have been identified as a promising field
in health engineering. Often people living in remote and rural regions cannot access or afford
healthcare facilities, which leads to deterioration of their health status (Tran et al. 2016).
Hence, wearable sensors will be implemented in this project, for remote monitoring of
cardiac status.

PROPOSAL2
Summary of literature review
According to Yao, Swetha and Zhu (2018) outstanding properties of material and
large surface area directly contribute to the usage of nanomaterials in wearable sensors. These
wearable sensors are extremely sensitive and can be comfortably integrated to textiles or the
human skin, in order to effectively monitor human physiological parameters. Not only do
these sensors help in continuous health monitoring, they also facilitate sports activity
tracking. Andreu-Perez et al. (2015) suggested that stimulation implant and smart sensing
technologies are vital for the management of a plethora of chronic diseases. The researchers
also highlighted the use of sensing devices for the monitoring and effective management of
preeclampsia, a pregnancy-associated disorder, which when left untreated threatens the life of
both foetus and mother.
According to Tamura et al. (2017) wearable monitoring of healthcare was proposed
during late 90s and it has huge potential for the prevention and diagnosis of illnesses, without
causing any inconvenience or discomfort to the user. The researchers elaborated on the
efficacy of pulse rate monitor, cuff less blood pressure monitor, motion sensor, and Deep
Body thermometer (DBT) for the health surveillance of patients. All of the aforementioned
sensors produce an alarm, depending on comparison with pre-formulated threshold. These
alarms help clinicians to assess the health status of patients and determine the need of a visit.
Vesnic-Alujevic, Breitegger and Pereira (2018) also affirmed the findings and stated
that usage of wearable sensor for diagnosis, monitoring and management of patients not only
affects medical practice but creates a significant impact on the association with one’s mind
and body. It was postulated that wearable sensors generate a transformative social function
and place an emphasis on socialising, sharing, and collective deliberation on individual