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The study aimed at e- health monitoring system with mobile phone and web service capabilities providing specific solutions on physiologic parameters, including respiration rate and heart rate, are measured by wearable sensors and recorded by a mobile phone presenting the graphical interface for the user to observe his/her health status more easily. It also provides doctors and family members with necessary data through a web interface and enables authorized personnel to monitor the patient’s condition and to facilitate remote diagnosis and it supports real-time alarming and positioning services so that unexpected events can be handled in a timely manner during an urgent situation, such as a heart attack. India needs to leverage its "technology" oriented growth until now (e.g., few satellite-based telemedicine projects, etc.) simultaneously toward development of "information"-based public health informatics systems in future. Under the rapidly evolving scenario of global public health, the future of the public health governance and population health in India would depend upon building and integrating the comprehensive and responsive domain of public health informatics.

Key words: Remote Health, Mobile Monitoring, Intelligent Agents, Context Aware System.