Remote evaluation of pressure ulcers for individuals with spinal cord injury: a preliminary report on a telerehab project

Author

Dang, Tri ; Halstead, Lam ; Rosen, Michael

Author_Institution

Nat. Rehabilitation Hosp., Washington, DC, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

36434

Abstract

Maintenance of skin health and prevention of pressure ulcers (decubiti) represent a lifelong challenge for persons living with spinal cord injury (SCI). The health risk is increased for an individual who lives in a rural area where it is difficult to access specialists who identify and manage decubiti. Under the auspices of the NIDRR Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) on Telerehabilitation, a project is underway to develop and evaluate a “clinical pathway”, decision supports, and technologies needed to prevent and manage pressure sores remotely

Keywords

decision support systems; handicapped aids; patient monitoring; patient rehabilitation; skin; telemedicine; visual communication; NIDRR Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center; RERC; Telerehabilitation; clinical pathway; decision supports; decubiti; health risk; pressure sores; pressure ulcers; remote evaluation; remote management; rural area; skin health maintenance; spinal cord injury; telerehab project; Spinal cord injury;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5674-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1999.803835

Filename

803835