Title :
Develop patient monitoring and support system using mobile communication and intelligent reasoning
Author :
Trappey, Charles V. ; Trappey, Amy J C ; Liu, C.S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Manage. Sci., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
In hospitals and other medical facilities, nursing staff are responsible for the care of critically ill patients. Many hospitals use information technology to support nursing care. However, most medical information systems use manually recorded vital sign data for patient care and control. Medical staff cannot automatically detect abnormalities and provide consistent and immediate health care services. Thus, in this research, a Mobile Intelligent Medical System (MIMS) is developed that supports mobile nursing applications and clinical decision support. The functions include RFID-based mobile applications for monitoring physiological instruments. A Java-based expert system integrated with an RFID-enabled patient data collection module and a rule base is used to issue warnings and send diagnostic messages. The MIMS network model demonstrates how to bring more efficient services to patients while increasing safety and quality in a dispersed medical environment.
Keywords :
Java; health care; inference mechanisms; information technology; medical information systems; mobile computing; patient care; patient monitoring; radiofrequency identification; Java; RFID; health care; hospitals; information technology; intelligent reasoning; medical facilities; medical information systems; mobile communication; mobile intelligent medical system; patient care; patient monitoring; support system; Automatic control; Biomedical monitoring; Hospitals; Information technology; Medical control systems; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical information systems; Medical services; Mobile communication; Patient monitoring; Java Expert System Shell (JESS); Mobile Intelligent Medical System (MIMS); RFID; u-care;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2009. SMC 2009. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Antonio, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2793-2
Electronic_ISBN :
1062-922X
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.2009.5345889