Apparatus for non-intrusively measuring health parameters of a subject and method of use thereof

A system for monitoring a physiological parameter of a distributed plurality of ambulatory subjects, comprising:

• a plurality of personal tracking devices, each operative to produce a tracking signal corresponding to the identity and location of an ambulatory subject and transmit the tracking signal to a computer;
• a plurality of tracking signal receivers distributed throughout a plurality of defined spaces, each defined space structured to be occupied by at least one of said subjects;
• means for passively measuring a physiological parameter of any of the plurality of subjects, the means residing in an object or fixture in the defined space in which an ambulatory subject is present;
• means for generating parameter signals corresponding to physiological parameter measurements;
• means for transmitting parameter signals from the signal generating means to the computer;
• means for creating data records by associating parameter signal of a subject with the tracking signal corresponding to that subject.

A computer method for monitoring a health parameter of an ambulatory subject of a plurality of ambulatory subjects within a plurality of defined spaces, the method comprising:

• measuring passively a health parameter of a subject by a first detector of a plurality of detectors positionable within a first defined space, each detector of the plurality of detectors capable of detecting a health parameter of one subject of a plurality of subjects and generating a parameter signal corresponding to the measured parameter value;
• transmitting the parameter signal to a network-coupled computer with a data storage device and a data analysis means;
• associating the parameter signal with an identity by correlating a location of the first detector with subject identity and location, said subject identity and location determined by a spatial monitoring device producing subject signals corresponding to the identity and location of the subject;
• creating a data record of the associated parameter signal with a subject identity determined by a spatial monitoring device producing signals corresponding to the identity and location of the subject;
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• storing the data record in a record uniquely associated with the subject.