A low-power simplified-MEWS scoring device for patient monitoring

Author

De Jager, Dirk ; Mazomenos, Evangelos B. ; Banerjee, Anindo K ; Maharatna, Koushik ; Reeve, Jeffrey S.

Author_Institution

Southampton Univ. Hosp. NHS Trust, Southampton, UK

fYear

2010

fDate

22-25 March 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The Modified Early Warning System is a paper based system used in general wards of hospitals to monitor patients health during the duration of the patient stay. Using this system, patient deterioration/improvement can rapidly be detected so as to assist and alert healthcare providers. In this paper we describe a simplified MEWS device which assists healthcare providers in assessing several of the patients vitals quantitatively, so as to allow the provider to focus on a qualitative assessment of the patient.

Keywords

body sensor networks; health care; patient monitoring; healthcare providers; low-power simplified-MEWS scoring device; modified early warning system; paper based system; patient deterioration; patient improvement; patient monitoring; qualitative patient assessment; Alarm systems; Biomedical monitoring; Body sensor networks; Computer science; Computerized monitoring; Hospitals; Medical services; Patient monitoring; Sensor systems; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth), 2010 4th International Conference on-NO PERMISSIONS

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-963-9799-89-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-963-9799-89-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2010.8870

Filename

5482248