Abstract: In medical science, it is a general view that in most cases paroxysmal diseases cause people’s death due to delay of necessary treatment. Therefore, to provide fast and effective medical help is an important issue. This paper introduces a health monitoring system based on cloud computing which can let doctors get the patient’s information such as physical status, medical history, geographical location timely and accurately. Based on the system, doctors can provide reliable medical advice to the patients and communicate with their family promptly.

Key words: cloud computing, health monitoring, medical public platform, satellite positioning, timely assistance