Mobihealth

Title

MOBIHEALTH

Project type

FP5

Project website

Mobihealth

Project summary

MobiHealth aims at developing and trialing new mobile value-added services in the area of healthcare, thus bringing healthcare to the patient.
The MobiHealth system allows patients to be fully mobile whilst undergoing health monitoring.

The patient wears a lightweight monitoring system – the MobiHealth BAN (Body Area Network) – which is customized to their individual health needs. Physical measurements such as blood pressure or ECG are measured by the MobiHealth BAN and transmitted wirelessly from the BAN to their doctor, the hospital or their health call centre.
Therefore, a patient who requires monitoring for short or long periods of time doesn’t have to stay in hospital for monitoring but with their MobiHealth BAN can be free to pursue daily life activities.

MobiHealth significantly contributes to addressing the healthcare sector’s increasing problems of resource management and is expected to decrease disease and care related costs. Moreover, it helps to satisfy patients’ growing need for mobility and personalized care.

For industry and a range of other organizations active in healthcare, MobiHealth offers the opportunity to gain experience with mobile services and creates new business opportunities.