ABSTRACT: Wireless medical devices with enhanced capability operating within Body Area Network (BAN) are key elements in: telehealth, and remote health monitoring systems.They help to capture process and store vital signs acquired through sensors and transfer them through communication protocols such as ZigBee and Bluetooth to aggregators. However, due to the heterogeneity of devices and manufacturers' proprietary applications, the devices lack adequate interoperability between each other and Health Information Systems (HIS), thus making it difficult to sort data and/ or make it usable to medical team. In this study we reviewed the various approaches employed to facilitate interoperability in wearable wireless Electrocardiogram (ECG) devices ranging from model driven interoperability (Information model, data models etc.); ECG format; ontology; standards and mapping of physiological data, available in literature in the last five years with respect to advancement in telecommunication.
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