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To satiate diverse design experiences sought after by the team members, the Home Healthcare Assistant (HHA) device was developed. It serves to emulate a clinical health examination at home by obtaining responses to a health questionnaire from the patient, and by acquiring data from a collection of health-monitoring sensors. All examination data is wirelessly transmitted to a computer-accessible database that a medical professional may utilize to monitor patient health and to diagnose health issues. In our proof-of-concept device, the questionnaire presents general queries about patient health, and the sensors used measure body temperature, pulse, and blood oxygen. The ultimate goal of Home Healthcare Assistant is to create a low cost, compact, easy to use, energy and time efficient automation system for healthcare workers. This project allows the everyday homeowner to provide a healthcare worker with the necessary vitals needed for evaluation of a patient before that patient sets foot into a medical office. The ability to provide these vitals ahead of time can improve future wait times of doctors’ offices and provide an easy to access and interpretable medical history. These functions can greatly help to monitor the medical activity of a patient from a nearby or remote location with an easy access website. This project aims to achieve expandability and optimization, and already there is a solid foundation provided for expansion. |
