Abstract

Recent years have seen a rising interest in wearable sensors and today several devices commercially available for personal health care, fitness, and activity awareness, researchers have also considered applications of such technologies in clinical applications in remote health monitoring systems for long term recording, management and clinical access to patient’s physiological information. Based on current technological trends, one can readily imagine a time in the near future when the routine physical examination is preceded by a two–three day period of continuous physiological monitoring using inexpensive wearable sensors. Wireless technology has completely transformed the way we live, but health care is yet to enter the digital life at least at remote areas. This will overcome the problem of people living in remote areas where the availability of health care centers and facility of transportation are not good enough. This will also help the people who don’t have enough time to look after their health and go for regular checkup to the health care centers.