http://www.iaeme.com/IJEET/index.asp 273 editor@iaeme.com International Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology (IJEET) Volume 11, Issue 3, May 2020, pp. 273-284, Article ID: IJEET_11_03_031 Available online at http://www.iaeme.com/IJEET/issues.asp?JType=IJEET&VType=11&IType=3 ISSN Print: 0976-6545 and ISSN Online: 0976-6553 Journal Impact Factor (2020): 10.1935 (Calculated by GISI) www.jifactor.com © IAEME Publication AUTOMATIC DATA TRANSFER USING SMS AND ITS APPLICATION IN TELEHEALTH TECHNOLOGIES Shanmugasundaram M Professor, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamilnadu, India K.V.N.D Sai Sujit, Aditya V.V.S and P Jaswanth Reddy Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamilnadu, India ABSTRACT Health is the primary concern of every human being. With the advancements in technology, its applications in enhancing the medical industry (telehealth) brought the two worlds closer. The rural parts of the country till date, are not equipped with excellent medical facilities and functional mobile data connectivity. WiFi facilities are available only in select few places. This paper discusses the development of a prototype where the vitals of the patient (temperature, pulse, and ECG) are detected and stored in a database and ThingSpeak cloud. The prototype also provides image processing techniques on digital X-Ray images to help the doctors in diagnosing the patients more efficiently. Key words: Vitals, Automatic detection, Raspberry Pi, GSM network, Bulk messaging service, SMS, Database, Image processing, segmentation, thresholding, body temperature, ECG, pulse rate, database, ThingSpeak, Android Studio. Cite this Article: Shanmugasundaram M, K.V.N.D Sai Sujit, Aditya V.V.S and P Jaswanth Reddy, Automatic Data Transfer using SMS and its Application in Telehealth Technologies, International Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology, 11(3), 2020, pp. 273-284. http://www.iaeme.com/IJEET/issues.asp?JType=IJEET&VType=11&IType=3 1. INTRODUCTION The advancements in technology have brought the two worlds of technology and medicine a lot closer by aiding the doctors in treating and monitoring patients efficiently and quickly than observed in the past. The onset of WiFi, mobile data, and enhanced network connectivity have brought the world much closer. Yet we find in some parts of the country, most importantly rural areas, there exist poor mobile data connectivity and improper medical facilities. This is causing a problem in establishing correspondence within the hospitals between the patients and the doctors and nurses.