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Mobile Patient Surveillance

Mobile Patient Surveillance
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Author(s): H. Parveen Sultana (VIT University, India)and Nalini Nagendran (VIT University, India)
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 27
Source title: Contemporary Applications of Mobile Computing in Healthcare Settings
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): R. Rajkumar (VIT University, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5036-5.ch005

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Abstract

Surveillance is defined as providing security in critical situations or monitoring certain places where safety and security are important. Surveillance takes the lead in healthcare departments or sections. Surveillance is also helpful in diagnosing the errors that occur in the automated systems and happening of adverse events in patient care. The main objective of patient surveillance is to observe the changes that occur in any patient's health to provide appropriate medication through automation process. Initially, the comparison is made between surveillance and monitoring. Later the chapter discusses the wireless technologies and mobile applications used for patient surveillance. Using mobile healthcare systems surveillance data that includes not only patient's clinical information but also analyses clinical scenario periodically, the clinical information gathered is disseminated among various teams of specialists for decision making. The advancement in wireless devices not only monitors the patient's conditions but also provides required information or data. This is possible only when sensed data is communicated at an appropriate time to avoid unexpected events in critical care units. This wireless technology helps the nursing staff in improving the surveillance and guaranteeing patient's safety. This chapter explores mobile patient surveillance.

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