Existing medical devices and equipment monitor abnormal physiological conditions and trigger audio-visual alarms. However, these devices require high levels of interaction by a doctor since they do not have any self-managing capabilities to reduce user intervention or to autonomically handle alerts.

Recent advances in low-power wireless communication technologies have led to the development of small form-factor, wireless, body-wearable biomedical devices for health monitoring [1]. This enables patient mobility and comfort and enables continuity of care from hospital to home. In this paper we propose a self-managing framework for health monitoring using body-wearable bio-devices [2] that can reduce the doctor's intervention for patient management. This will enable doctors to effectively manage a greater number of patients and reduce the number of errors inherent in paper-based processes.

We illustrate three usage models where this self-managing framework can be applied: remotely monitoring patients at home, monitoring fetal well-being in a maternity ward, and monitoring critical patients in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU).