Title :
Instrumentation System Upgrade Supports Mobile Personalized Healthcare Delivery
Author :
Ellingson, Roger M. ; Helt, Wendy J. ; Helt, Patrick V. ; Fausti, Stephen A.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Res., Portland, OR
fDate :
Aug. 30 2006-Sept. 3 2006
Abstract :
Clinicians and patients need mobile tools to detect ototoxic change early and prevent hearing loss. We report on the development of an upgrade of our existing desktop-based clinical-audiological instrumentation into a mobile instrument platform which efficiently supports personalized ototoxicity monitoring on the hospital wards as well as clinic by a trained clinician. Our new wireless-enabled system also serves as the instrumentation platform for the next phase of our work which is remote healthcare delivery with patient-guided at-home ototoxicity monitoring using an evidence-based individualized SRO protocol
Keywords :
biomedical telemetry; drugs; ear; health care; hearing; telemedicine; toxicology; SRO protocol; hearing loss prevention; home ototoxicity monitoring; hospital wards; mobile instrumentation system; mobile personalized healthcare delivery; mobile tools; ototoxic change detection; personalized ototoxicity monitoring; remote healthcare delivery; wireless-enabled system; Auditory system; Biomedical monitoring; Deafness; Frequency; Instruments; Medical services; Patient monitoring; Protocols; Remote monitoring; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006. EMBS '06. 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
New York, NY
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0032-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259474
