Title :
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
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;
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
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5674-8
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1999.803835
