Innovative Framework Requirements for Remote Maternal and Fetal Health Monitoring in Low Resource Settings: Mobile Phones and Medical Devices
Technological advancement is changing the face of remote fetal monitoring in pregnant women. This has also seen a number of proprietary applications and standards evolving to integrated standards where various remote monitoring applications communicate with each other beyond boundaries. This is anticipated to improve access to patient information, individual health monitoring, reduce errors and increase evidence-based care delivery and continuous flow of healthcare information, in and out of the remote, marginalized communities. This paper describes FHR monitoring techniques in brief as well as various interferences which affect FECG when using these techniques for remote fetal heart rate monitoring. This paper further recommends a standard framework for remote fetal health monitoring and explains in details the requirements for the proposed framework.
Keywords: FECG, FHR, Healthcare Information, Low Resource Setting, Mobile Applications
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Nkanyiso Ndlovu
Nkanyiso Ndlovu completed a B.Sc degree in 2007 and Msc in Computer Science in 2011, at the University Of Fort Hare and currently studying towards an PhD in Computer Science at the University Of Fort Hare. His research interests are HCI, health informatics, wireless networking technologies and ICT4D activities.
Khulumani Sibanda
Khulumani Sibanda is a senior lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Fort Hare and heads the Telkom Centre of Excellence in ICT for Development. His main areas of academic interest are converged telecommunication networks and ICT for development.
Nkanyiso Ndlovu
Nkanyiso Ndlovu completed a B.Sc degree in 2007 and Msc in Computer Science in 2011, at the University Of Fort Hare and currently studying towards an PhD in Computer Science at the University Of Fort Hare. His research interests are HCI, health informatics, wireless networking technologies and ICT4D activities.
Khulumani Sibanda
Khulumani Sibanda is a senior lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Fort Hare and heads the Telkom Centre of Excellence in ICT for Development. His main areas of academic interest are converged telecommunication networks and ICT for development.
