e-CoVig

e-CoVig enables remote monitoring of COVID-19 patients by collecting and transmitting symptoms and vital signs for clinical surveillance and decision support.

Key Features:

• Remote Symptom Reporting: Captures user-reported symptoms and vital signs including heart rate, blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), body temperature, respiration rate, and cough frequency.
• Integrated Device Support: Includes a low-cost device for measuring temperature and SpO2 and supports integration with commercial oximeters and thermometers.
• Optical Character Recognition (OCR): Uses OCR functionality to extract measurements from existing commercial devices for automated data ingestion.
• Real-Time Data Transmission: Automatically transmits collected data to a web/cloud platform for timely access by medical staff.
• Flexible System Architecture: Configurable architecture that can be adapted to different operational conditions and healthcare settings.
• Simultaneous Multi-User Monitoring: Handles concurrent data streams from multiple users to enable parallel patient monitoring.

Scientific Applications:

• Quarantine monitoring: Continuous remote monitoring of asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic COVID-19 patients required to quarantine.
• Clinical surveillance and triage: Enables tracking of patient health status to support clinical decision-making and reduction of unnecessary hospital visits.

Methodology:

The system comprises a mobile application that collects symptoms and vital signs, specialized hardware that measures temperature and SpO2, OCR integration to extract readings from commercial devices, and automatic transmission of data to a web/cloud platform for storage and access.