Toward a Nationwide Mobile-Based Public Healthcare Service System with Wireless Sensor Networks

Table 1

Fields in the table of physiological measurements.

Field	Name	Details
VitalRecordList	Physiological data	(i) Essential; (ii) Can be one set or multiple sets of physiological data
IDNo	ID number string	(i) Optional, but at least one of IDNo or IDENTIFIER must have value; (ii) Must comply with the ID number format
IDENTIFIER	Simplified user identification code	(i) Optional items such as RFID card code, fingerprint identification code, or other types of personally identifiable information
LocationID	Service station code	(i) Essential; (ii) The value of this field is uniformly set by the health service department. The vendor system enters the number corresponding number to the service station.
Type	Physiological data type	(i) Essential; (ii) Reference “Unicode table for physiological measurement values”; (iii) For example, blood pressure is “BP”
MTime	Measurement time	(i) Essential; (ii) Format is yyyy/mm/dd hh:MM:ss
Mark	Data type annotation	(i) Optional; (ii) When the type is blood glucose, the values of this field and the definitions are as follows: (1) AC: blood glucose before meals; (2) PC: blood glucose after meals; (3) NM: random blood glucose (not sure whether before or after the meal. Unclassified)
InputType	Input method	(i) Optional; (ii) Indicating data is automatically recorded and uploaded by the instrument or manually entered by the user; (iii) Possible values: (1) device: entered by the instrument, defined as follows: after the user makes a measurement, the instrument automatically records and uploads information; (2) manual: manual input, defined as follows: when the user manually records the value in the platform or information transfer box supplied by the manufacturer; (iv) If left blank, then it is automatically regarded as “Device” (i.e., entered by the instrument)
Values	Measured value	(i) Essential; (ii) Reference “unicode table for physiological measurement values”; (iii) For example, blood pressure is “110, 70, 72”
Remark	Information annotation	(i) Optional; (ii) Descriptions noted by the vendor
DeviceModel	Model of the measuring instrument	(i) Optional; (ii) Model number for the physiological measurement equipment is supplied by the vendor
DeviceSN	Serial number of the measurement instrument	(i) Optional; (ii) Factory serial number for the physiological measurement equipment is supplied by the vendor