title: Iterative user-centered design of a next generation patient monitoring system for emergency medical response.
abstract: We have developed a system for real-time patient monitoring during large-scale disasters. Our system is designed with scalable algorithms to monitor large numbers of patients, an intuitive interface to support the overwhelmed responders, and ad-hoc mesh networking capabilities to maintain connectivity to patients in the chaotic settings. This paper describes an iterative approach to user-centered design adopted to guide development of our system. This system is a part of the Advanced Health and Disaster Aid Network (AID-N) architecture.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins University Apllied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Tia
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Matthew I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Alexander M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Alm
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004190:Disasters; D004219:District of Columbia; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods; D004634:Emergency Medical Technicians; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014218:Triage / Q000379:methods*; D014584:User-Computer Interface