Development of a Personal Health Information Management Program Using Mobile Biometric Information Measuring Device

With the advancement of Internet and smart devices, an increasing number of people are retrieving and utilizing information on health and diseases on their own. In particular, the increase in the number of elderly and chronic patients has increased the social burden of healthcare costs; hence, the importance of personal health management is being emphasized. This study developed an application and a server program to apply data, which are collected from mobile biometric readers, to personal health records. The application facilitated personal health management by providing convenient displays not only for pulses, blood oxygen levels, and body temperatures collected through a portable biometric reader but also for other health information that is manually entered by each user. In addition, the server was configured to store data collected by the application automatically so that an individual’s health status could be analyzed in real time or for a certain period.