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

Dirk de Jager; Evangelos B Mazomenos; Anindo K Banerjee; Koushik Maharatna; Jeffrey S Reeve

4th International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

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

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2010.8870,
    author={Dirk de Jager and Evangelos B Mazomenos and Anindo K Banerjee and Koushik Maharatna and Jeffrey S Reeve},
    title={A low-power simplified-MEWS scoring device for patient monitoring},
    proceedings={4th International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare},
    proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH},
    year={2010},
    month={6},
    keywords={Alarm systems Biomedical monitoring Body sensor networks Computer science Computerized monitoring Hospitals Medical services Patient monitoring Sensor systems Wireless sensor networks},
    doi={10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2010.8870}
}

Dirk de Jager
Evangelos B Mazomenos
Anindo K Banerjee
Koushik Maharatna
Jeffrey S Reeve
Year: 2010
A low-power simplified-MEWS scoring device for patient monitoring
PERVASIVEHEALTH
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2010.8870

Dirk de Jager¹^,*, Evangelos B Mazomenos¹^,*, Anindo K Banerjee², Koushik Maharatna¹^,*, Jeffrey S Reeve¹^,*

1: School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton
2: Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust

*Contact email: ddj07r@ecs.soton.ac.uk, ebm07r@ecs.soton.ac.uk, km3@ecs.soton.ac.uk, jsr@ecs.soton.ac.uk

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: Alarm systems Biomedical monitoring Body sensor networks Computer science Computerized monitoring Hospitals Medical services Patient monitoring Sensor systems Wireless sensor networks

Published: 2010-06-07

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2010.8870