Medical intelligent system for assisted living — Proof of concept

Today's technologies can help reduce inefficiencies and improve the quality of medical care while increasing the patient's treatment comfort. A good example is geriatric care. Many seniors live independently and wish to continue living independently as much and as long as possible. Unfortunately the cost for traditional assisted living increases disproportionately in relation to care and monitoring costs. Often patients need to be monitored constantly to reduce risk. Until now, this meant that older people needed to stay longer in the hospital, permanently live in a retirement home or need family help to visit the doctor repeatedly. The intelligent systems are an evolution of the traditional approach of stand-alone medical devices. Applied to the healthcare domain they represent a solution for these problems. This paper aims to present a Proof Of Concept of an Assisted Living system based on powerful, specialized, cloud-connected devices that enable doctors and patients to work together to remotely monitor vital signs, exchange information, communicate, and even alert relatives, all in real time.