title: Networking and data management for health care monitoring of mobile patients.
abstract: The problem of medical devices and data integration in health care is discussed and a proposal for remote monitoring of patients based on recent developments in networking and data management is presented. In particular the paper discusses the benefits of the integration of personal medical devices into a Medical Information System and how wireless sensor networks and open protocols could be employed as building blocks of a patient monitoring system.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione, CNR, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Amato
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chessa
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Conforti
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Macerata
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marchesi
mesh_terms: D020811:Biomedical Technology / Q000295:instrumentation; D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation; D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation; D018511:Systems Integration; D017216:Telemedicine