CBMS '05 Proceedings of the 18th IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems
Design of a telemedicine system using a mobile telephone
IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine
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Tele-cardiology is a technique which usually refers to the capability of monitoring and controlling heart signals from remote positions. Recently, digital medical devices have enabled to transmit signals not only in its analogical form, but in a sampled and digital representation, making really easy to share clinical patient data from remote control position. Moreover, sharing biometric signals can be transmitted and shared by using new generation mobile devices, such as smart phones, making it pervasive and widely usable. We focus on using tele-cardiology as support for first intervention in case of heart attack. We present the design and the implementation of a system for tele-cardiology on mobile devices called RCC, for Remote Cardio Consultation, a system for supporting physicians in first intervention in case of suspect heart attack on patients that require first emergency intervention. The system can be used by physician operators both on normal web-based terminals and through a simple graphical user interface on mobile devices. RCC allows to reduce consultations delays allowing to adopt correct procedures of first intervention in case of heart attack. Finally, RCC project is freely available as a service for testing.