Measuring Heart Rate With A Smartphone

Innovations in mobile technology have brought remote healthcare management to the forefront of advanced medical care. The ability to record the cardiac activity of a patient at home has been available for some time. But that method utilized a recording device worn by the patient, which needed to be brought in to a hospital or doctor’s office for a healthcare professional to analyze. Today, real-time monitoring in the patient’s home is a reality.

The emergency department in the modern hospital is one of the most complex clinical settings to operate. According to Johnson, Sensei, & Capasso (2012), this department is an intersection of the diagnosis and treatment of emergency cases. As a result, it experiences immense volumes of patients every day. However, in most hospitals, patients visit the facilities with an indication of what they might be suffering from. Specifically, they use their iPhones to get a list of conditions that they might be having (Boncana, 2016). This method of detection has come to be known as mHealth. In this regard, mHealth, rather mobile health, is a method that patients use to enhance their health and medical practices via the use of mobile technology. The cell phones used in this approach are equipped with medical/health software, a personal digital assistant (PDA), and patient monitoring devices.

Starting in May, the Apple Watch has garnered much attention. The Apple Watch has the technology to track and store information about the activity of the wearer – it can show a person’s daily activities, such as the amount of time spent sitting, standing, or moving, and it can provide and display goals, suggestions, and incentives for increased activity. The Apple Watch can also collect workout data, such as a person’s heart rate, calories burned, and other exercise –related statistics. Like other i-phones or mobile

This report is a description of the methods and results of the Omni-Tech 1000 wireless heart-rate monitor study and a presentation of our recommendation to the Omni-Tech Executive team. The members of this project are three Omni-Tech engineers: John Horsney, Tim Maloney, and Amanda Brownstein. The Omni-Tech 1000 consists of a belt worn around the chest of a cyclist, which transmits a wireless heart rate signal to a computer/receiver on the handlebars. This currently uses DSRC. DSRC is also known by the name Wi-Fi 802.11b. John Horsney was approached by the Sales and Marketing leads of Omni-Tech sometime in early April in regard to a technical problem with this. The wireless signal between the chest belt and the receiver goes out during use,

The process our prototype package covers is how to assess the state of a patient's essential body functions using vital signs. In order to check a patient's vital signs you must assess their temperature, pulse rate, respiration rate and blood pressure. This process is used by college students who are pursuing a career in the medical field. The part of this process we will be showing is how to properly check someone's pulse and respiration rate.

With the integration of mobile devices into daily living, the consumer now has the opportunity to utilize many applications that helps monitor caloric intake and daily exercise. Patients can now monitor their internal cardiac defibrillator activity through mobile apps.

In this review of the Fitbit Charge HR by James Stables, he lists out the benefits and the improvements needed of the Fitbit Charge HR and the reasons why Fitbit is the top seller for fitness trackers (Stables). “The Fitbit Charge HR has spent the entire year at the head of the fitness tracker table – propelling the company to a huge IPO and making it the biggest seller of wearables for the year” (Stables). The Fitbit Charge HR is an activity tracker wristband ideal for the consumer who is wanting to track their heart rate all day while accepting friend challenges and achieving daily goals.

You can choose to get the model with a heart rate monitor or one without this feature. If you get the heart rate monitor version, you’ll also get a chest band that has to be worn during activity to accurately measure your heart rate.

People’s anxiety levels will be tested through their heart rates. The resting heart rate of 30 people will be taken, and then the test group will be split in half. The first 15 subjects are going to be told that they are going to watch a scary video. And for the last 15 we will not tell the subjects anything that will happen in the video. A series of health questions that have nothing to do with our project will be asked. The goal of this project is to record any changes in heart rate, due to anxiety, anticipation, and being caught unawares.

The purpose of the heart rate monitor is supposed to show kids how much they should work like if they need to work harder or slow down. The heart rate monitor made me work harder cause I didn’t wanna get a bad grade, I didn't wanna look bad, and I wanted to actually see if I’m working out properly. The monitor reacted in many different ways if I ran I would almost instantly go into red but if I was playing something like dodge ball I would mostly go into

They are not obviously visible so you, along with others, should find that you are not aware of it on a daily.

With technology on the rise, an app was chosen as the medium as opposed to the standard technique of feeling a pulse on the neck, wrist, or chest or machine which are commonly used (Ace Fitness, n.d.) However, even with various advancements being made constantly, especially in the technological and medical field, the current products are not without flaws. The requirements of the app were simple, it had to be available on the App Store, display readings that were accurate as possible, easy for one to operate for themself, and be preferably free. Several credible websites happened to have posted lists in which they went through popular apps that monitor heart rate, tried them out, and then used their findings to rate them based off of their efficiency and accuracy. Some common faults shared by apps, for example, small movements and even deep breaths were able to throw off the reading and having to carry out multiple attempts to reach a correct reading (Addictive Tips, December 23, 2014). After searching multiple websites, the best choice ended up being a free app called Heart Rate created by Azumio, as it received top ranking on all the websites it was featured on. After trying the top two top apps mention from reviews, Heart Rate by Azumio and Runtastic, Heart Rate by Azumio was selected as the app that will be used throughout the experiment due to it’s simple and user friendly technique, it’s ability to import personal information, such as birtdate and gender, and as well as the fact that it was raked most accurate and convenient on the review websites ( iMore, April 16, 2015; iTunes,

The best method to use to keep track of your heart while training is through the use of a heart rate monitor. A heart rate monitor consists of two separated devices. The first device straps around your chest and measures the rate of your heart beat. The second device which looks like a wrist watch goes around your wrist and receives a signal from the strap around

Mobile health (mHealth) technology made an appearance in the early 2000’s with the personal digital assistant (PDA), most notably the Blackberry (Ventola, 2014). Since then, the trend has grown remarkably. Experts predict that by 2015, over 500 million people will be accessing health-related applications from their smartphones (Mobile Medical, 2014; Malone, 2013). There are many types of mobile health products and serve a variety of purposes. Applications can be used for diagnosing illness, digital imaging, monitoring remotely for chronic disease (diabetes, heart disease), ECG viewers, telehealth, managing prescriptions, appointments, reference materials (drug and ICD coding information), diet, exercise, remote communication, dictation, surgical scheduling, voice, text, web browsing, camera and sound, and global positioning (Chouffani, 2011; Ventola, 2014).

A second step would be to develop a smart phone application that can wirelessly monitor each player’s cardiac rhythm by a trained sideline medical professional. This application would have real-time analysis monitoring for a concerning rhythm that