title: Advantages of automating vital signs measurement.
abstract: A comparison of automated versus conventional vital signs measurement methods revealed that the automated method required significantly less time and was perceived by nursing staff to be easy to use, accurate, and superior to the conventional method.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Byers
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Gillum
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Plasencia
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Sheldon
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000592:standards*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013997:Time Factors