BigNurse: A Wireless Ad Hoc Network for Patient Monitoring

Roland  Bader; Michele  Pinto; Felix  Spenrath; Philipp  Wollmann; Frank Kargl

1st International ICST Workshop on Location Based Services for Health Care

Research Article

BigNurse: A Wireless Ad Hoc Network for Patient Monitoring

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    author={Roland  Bader and Michele  Pinto and Felix  Spenrath and Philipp  Wollmann and Frank Kargl},
    title={BigNurse: A Wireless Ad Hoc Network for Patient Monitoring},
    proceedings={1st International ICST Workshop on Location Based Services for Health Care},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={LOCARE},
    year={2007},
    month={5},
    keywords={Biomedical monitoring  Hospitals  Mobile ad hoc networks  Network servers  Patient monitoring  Relays  Senior citizens  Spread spectrum communication  Ubiquitous computing  Wireless sensor networks},
    doi={10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361691}
}

Roland Bader
Michele Pinto
Felix Spenrath
Philipp Wollmann
Frank Kargl
Year: 2007
BigNurse: A Wireless Ad Hoc Network for Patient Monitoring
LOCARE
ICST
DOI: 10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361691

Roland Bader¹, Michele Pinto¹, Felix Spenrath¹, Philipp Wollmann¹, Frank Kargl¹

1: Media Informatics Institute, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

Abstract

The world faces a tremendous increase of elderly people with disabilities and a resulting shortages in the health care system which cannot keep pace with the ongoing increase of people over 65. In addition, stays in hospitals attached to beeping machines normally is a very uncomfortable time for patients. Ubiquitous computing technology promises to change that. Our project gives people the opportunity to be mobile while their vital functions are monitored, thanks to localization they can be found and helped immediately on emergencies and doctors can observe patients wherever they are. Medical facilities would be relieved by such a system and the patients' quality of life would increase

Keywords: Biomedical monitoring Hospitals Mobile ad hoc networks Network servers Patient monitoring Relays Senior citizens Spread spectrum communication Ubiquitous computing Wireless sensor networks

Published: 2007-05-21
Publisher: IEEE
Modified: 2011-11-08

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361691