ANTARIS - AN IOT BASED SYSTEM FOR AT-HOME HEALTH INTERVENTIONS

Abstract

To create an IoT (Internet of Things) system integrating an Alexa and Fitbit device to improve patient compliance in at-home clinical trials and provide a physiological intervention system. This system design will allow researchers to send participants surveys through an Alexa device and capture their responses. Surveys are sent out on a regular schedule or when triggered by certain physiological data obtained passively through wearable devices. The system will send reminders to complete any pending/unfinished surveys, and compile responses for researchers’ visualization and analysis. This smart speaker system will streamline the data collection process and thus increase survey completion and data quality. To accomplish this, we developed an Alexa Skill, a web-server, and a database infrastructure to support these functionalities. We also integrated existing entities, such as MyDataHelps for participant enrollment and survey generation, and Sensor-Fabric for processing wearable device data.