Decision support applications using statistical process control (SPC) and virtual instrumentation (VI)

Author

Gieras, Izabella A. ; Rosow, Eric ; Adam, Joseph ; Roth, Chris ; Enderle, John D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Hartford Hosp., CT, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

57

Lastpage

58

Abstract

Healthcare is an ever-changing environment and it is essential for each medical institution to be prepared to face and consequently conquer the future advancements in technology. This task can be accomplished by the implementation of appropriate healthcare performance and quality measures, namely indicators, within a control system. Statistical Process Control (SPC) together with a Virtual instrumentation (VI) programming environment called LabVIEW (National Instruments), was used to develop the necessary system

Keywords

biomedical engineering; decision support systems; health care; medical expert systems; programming environments; statistical process control; virtual instrumentation; LabVIEW programming environment; biomedical engineering; decision support applications; expert system; graphical data display; healthcare performance and quality measures; statistical process control; virtual instrumentation; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical equipment; Biomedical measurements; Control systems; Hospitals; Instruments; Medical control systems; Medical services; Monitoring; Process control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioengineering Conference, 2000. Proceedings of the IEEE 26th Annual Northeast

Conference_Location

Storrs, CT

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6341-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NEBC.2000.842377

Filename

842377