Patient tracking system

H. Gamboa; F. Silva; H. Silva

4th International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

Research Article

Patient tracking system

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2010.8916,
    author={H. Gamboa and F. Silva and H. Silva},
    title={Patient tracking system},
    proceedings={4th International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare},
    proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH},
    year={2010},
    month={6},
    keywords={wearable; monitoring; heart rate; fall; alarm;sensors; hardware; health care.},
    doi={10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2010.8916}
}

H. Gamboa
F. Silva
H. Silva
Year: 2010
Patient tracking system
PERVASIVEHEALTH
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2010.8916

H. Gamboa¹^,*, F. Silva²^,*, H. Silva²^,*

1: Departamento de Fisica, Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, UNL, Caparica, Portugal
2: PLUX - Engenharia de Biosensores, Lda., Lisboa, Portugal

*Contact email: hgamboa@fct.unl.pt, fsilva@plux.info, hsilva@plux.info

Abstract

This paper describes a wireless wearable sensing system designed to monitor patients within a building in real-time on a continuous basis. The device automatically provides alarms to caregivers, based on biosignals measured by sensors integrated on a necklace worn by each patient. The device detects heart rate, involuntary falls, and location of the patient within a building. It also has a manual call button. The system is now in its prototype phase and has two main goals: improve the quality of care for the patients; and save care-givers' time.

Keywords: wearable; monitoring; heart rate; fall; alarm;sensors; hardware; health care.

Published: 2010-06-07

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2010.8916

Patient tracking system

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