DocumentCode :
2736750
Title :
Integration of monitoring devices in the e-Vital service
Author :
Sakka, E. ; Prentza, A. ; Lamprinos, I.E. ; Leondaridis, L. ; Koutsouris, D.
Author_Institution :
Biomed. Eng. Lab., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece
Volume :
2
fYear :
2004
fDate :
1-5 Sept. 2004
Firstpage :
3097
Lastpage :
3100
Abstract :
The continuous treatment of chronic diseases such as heart diseases, pulmonary disease and diabetes, relies on the patient´s self-monitoring. The rapid advance in the development of telemedicine systems and monitoring devices during last years gave several solutions in continuous patient telemonitoring. However, in most of the cases, these systems work with only one or a few types of medical devices and, thus, the variety of diseases they can monitor is rather limited. One of the main reasons for this is the fact that medical device manufacturers usually develop their own proprietary communication protocols and data format for each device. Most of the existing telemonitoring systems support communication with limited medical device types and depend on the manufacturer of them. We describe a modular and ambulatory telemedicine platform, the e-Vital platform, where different monitoring devices are being integrated in homecare and telemonitoring service chain, in order to increase patients´ quality of life and their feeling of safety concerning their health.
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; diseases; health care; medical information systems; network servers; patient care; patient monitoring; protocols; telemedicine; ambulatory telemedicine platform; communication protocol; data format; diabetes; e-Vital service; heart disease; home monitoring; medical device; monitoring device; patient health care; patient self-monitoring; pulmonary disease; telemonitoring system; Biomedical monitoring; Cardiac disease; Cardiovascular diseases; Diabetes; Health and safety; Manufacturing; Medical treatment; Patient monitoring; Protocols; Telemedicine; Home monitoring; telemedicine;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2004. IEMBS '04. 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8439-3
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2004.1403875
Filename :
1403875
Link To Document :
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