Extended Health Visibility in the Hospital Environment

@inproceedings{FernndezLpez2009ExtendedHV,
  title={Extended Health Visibility in the Hospital Environment},
  author={Helena Fern{\'a}ndez-L{\'o}pez and Jos{\'e} A. Afonso and Jos{\'e} Higino Gomes Correia and Ricardo Sim{\~o}es},
  booktitle={International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices},
  year={2009},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:40271465}
}
The present state of the development of a vital signal monitoring network applied to the hospital environment based on non-obstructive sensors able to communicate through a low power wireless sensor network based on the ZigBee protocol is described.
View PDF
8 Citations
Highly Influential Citations
1
Background Citations
2
Methods Citations
1

Figures and Tables from this paper

8 Citations

Performance evaluation of a ZigBee-based medical sensor network

Simulation results show that the system is able to carry the signals from 30 ECG sensors with delivery ratio higher than 99% in the considered scenario, provided that an adequate number of retransmissions are allowed.

Wireless-Sensor-Networks-based healthcare system: a survey on the view of communication paradigms

The structure of the WSN-based healthcare system is outlined, the design space is analysed, the states of some well-documented applications are compared, and the key research points of these systems are discussed.

ZigBee-based Remote Patient Monitoring

This paper describes a developed continuous patient monitoring system based on the ZigBee protocol that was tested in the hospital environment using six sensor devices in two different modes and achieved a mean delivery ratio of 100% and 98.56%, respectively for star and 2-hop tree network topologies.

Evaluation of the Impact of the Topology and Hidden Nodes in the Performance of a ZigBee Network

Simulation results used to evaluate the performance of an IEEE 802.15.4/ ZigBee based wireless sensors network (WSN) in a vital signs monitoring scenario, for both star and tree based network topologies indicate that the network performance is severely impacted by hidden nodes.

Challenges on real-time monitoring of patients through the Internet

To optimize the systems' usability by medical care professionals, intuitive interfaces were developed using Web technologies, with an Internet browser as the only tool required to access the system.

Zigbee based advanced near field communication for hospital appointment system

Doctor rendezvous and remedy arrangement is essential to control and additionally to keep music of day after day functionalities in medical quarter so to enhance the medicine transport facility (NFC SYSTEM) was advanced it is referred to as Near Field Communication device.

Synergic Multidisciplinary Interactions for Design and Development of Medical Devices

The development of medical devices is becoming increasingly complex, with the advent of information technologies and continuous advances in micro and nanotechnologies and the tasks of planning and coordinating the implementation of a development strategy are ever more paramount.

A technological framework based on automatic messaging for improving adherence of diabetic patients

A TECHNOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK based on AUTOMATIC MESSAGING for improving the recognition of diabetics and their patients is presented.

9 References

Vital Signs Monitoring and Patient Tracking Over a Wireless Network

A real-time patient monitoring system that integrates vital signs sensors, location sensors, ad-hoc networking, electronic patient records, and Web portal technology to allow remote monitoring of patient status.

Prevailing over wires in healthcare environments: benefits and challenges

The benefits and challenges posed by the deployment and operation of wireless communications in support of healthcare networks are surveyed, including deployment, interference, and mobility, and insights for potential solutions are provided.

Sensor networks for emergency response: challenges and opportunities

The proposed CodeBlue integrates sensor nodes and other wireless devices into a disaster response setting and provides facilities for ad hoc network formation, resource naming and discovery, security, and in-network aggregation of sensor-produced data.

Design and Implementation of a Framework for Monitoring Patients in Hospitals Using Wireless Sensors in Ad Hoc Configuration

An architectural framework and related protocols to support communication between the various components of such a system are presented and the prototyped product was successfully demonstrated to industry representatives.

A portable, low-power, wireless two-lead EKG system

This work introduces EKG on Mica2, the first custom-designed electrocardiograph sensor board to interface with this platform and presents VitalEKG, a collection of software components which allow the capture and wireless transmission of heart activity traces.

A mobile system for emergency health care provision via telematics support-"AMBULANCE"

A portable medical device that allows telediagnosis, long distance support and teleconsultation of mobile health care providers by specialized physicians and can telematically "bring" a specialist doctor to the site of the medical emergency, allow him to evaluate patient data and issue directions to the emergency personnel on treatment procedures until the patient is brought to hospital.

26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS