@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10009765,
	  title     = {Development of Affordable and Reliable Diagnostic Tools to Record Vital Parameters for Improving Health Care in Low Resources Settings},
	  author    = {Mannan Mridha and  Usama Gazay and  Kosovare V. Aslani and  Hugo Linder and  Alice Ravizza and  Carmelo de Maria },
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	  institution	= {},
	  abstract     = {In most developing countries, although the vast majority of the people are living in the rural areas, the qualified medical doctors are not available there. Health care workers and paramedics, called village doctors, informal healthcare providers, are largely responsible for the rural medical care. Mishaps due to wrong diagnosis and inappropriate medication have been causing serious suffering that is preventable. While innovators have created many devices, the vast majority of these technologies do not find applications to address the needs and conditions in low-resource settings. The primary motive is to address the acute lack of affordable medical technologies for the poor people in low-resource settings. A low cost smart medical device that is portable, battery operated and can be used at any point of care has been developed to detect breathing rate, electrocardiogram (ECG) and arterial pulse rate to improve diagnosis and monitoring of patients and thus improve care and safety. This simple and easy to use smart medical device can be used, managed and maintained effectively and safely by any health worker with some training. In order to empower the health workers and village doctors, our device is being further developed to integrate with ICT tools like smart phones and connect to the medical experts wherever available, to manage the serious health problems.
},
	    journal   = {International Journal of Medical and Health Sciences},
	  volume    = {12},
	  number    = {11},
	  year      = {2018},
	  pages     = {521 - 524},
	  ee        = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10009765},
	  url   	= {https://publications.waset.org/vol/143},
	  bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/},
	  issn  	= {eISSN: 1307-6892},
	  publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology},
	  index 	= {Open Science Index 143, 2018},
	}