AN EMERGENCY MESSAGE AND CALL SYSTEM FOR PEOPLE WITH EPILEPSYiUSING IOT

Abstract

Readmission rates of cardiac patients in need of inpatient carecontribute to increased costs of medical care, complicated by
expedient treatment and shorter length of stays [1-4]. Costs ofhospital readmissions are estimated to be in excess of $17 billion
annually according to Medicare expense reports [5,6]. Nationally,some of the top readmission categories include cardiac disorders
such as acute myocardial infarction (MI) and heart failure (HF)[6,7]. Additionally, readmissions after diagnostics such as percuta-
neous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures can range from 8%to 19% in the United States (US) and continue to impact the rising
costs of healthcare [8