Title :
Digital Triage Assistant
Author :
Abt, C. ; Backeris, P. ; Bhargava, M. ; Ennist, L. ; Garofalo, R. ; Husain, S. ; Jakimaviciute, V. ; Shevach, G.
Author_Institution :
Stevens Inst. of Technol., Hoboken, NJ, USA
Abstract :
A portable and automated vital sign data acquisition device and triage information system has been devised to improve the efficacy and efficiency of the triage process in hospital Emergency Departments. The system is comprised of: 1) a microcontroller-based data-acquisition device 2) off-the-shelf and proprietary sensor components 3) a PDA with barcode scanner 4) a networked patient information database.
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; medical administrative data processing; medical computing; microcontrollers; sensors; automated vital sign data acquisition device; barcode scanner; digital triage assistant; hospital emergency departments; microcontroller-based data-acquisition device; networked patient information database; off-the-shelf sensor component; portable vital sign data acquisition device; proprietary sensor component; triage information system; Biomedical monitoring; Bluetooth; Current measurement; Data acquisition; Databases; Displays; Hospitals; Microcontrollers; Personal digital assistants; Prototypes;
Conference_Titel :
Bioengineering Conference, Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE 36th Annual Northeast
Conference_Location :
New York, NY
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6879-9
DOI :
10.1109/NEBC.2010.5458201
