ABSTRACT
Recent advances in wireless technologies and ICT (information and
communication technology) systems are enabling the health care
sector to efficiently administer and deliver a range of health
care services. Advanced ICT systems will be able to deliver health
care services to patients not only in hospitals and medical centers,
but also in their homes and workplaces, thus offering cost savings
and improving the quality of life of patients. For example, Internet
is currently available almost everywhere in different forms, using
either cable or wireless networking technologies. With the advance-
ment of mobile and satellite communication technologies alongwith
broadband communication techniques, e-health services can be de-
livered anywhere at any time. Especially, when wireless devices are
integrated with sensors, it is possible to acquire and monitor
human signals at any environment at any time. Hence, Internet
can be used as a major tool to deliver e-health services to both
developing and developed countries. E-health services can take
advantages of wireless body area network (WBAN), which can
act as an enabling technology. WBAN systems could offer great
advancement for a ubiquitous health care, which has the potential to
improvemany aspects of everyday living leading to improved quality
of life of many patients. Telemedicine and e-health services could
offer several significant advantages, including speedup of diagnosis,
therapeutic care for emergencies, offering specialist services to
remote and rural locations, and supporting patients’ mobility and
lifestyles [1].
