title: Physiological monitoring.
abstract: This chapter gives an educational overview of: * the evolution of commercial physiological monitoring over the years * the importance of physiological monitoring in an electronic health record (EHR) * issues to be addressed to enable an integrated EHR * benefits and future perspectives of physiological monitoring and its relevance to an EHR for patient care.
authors.affiliation: The Australian E-Health Research Centre, ICT Centre, CSIRO, Brisbane, Qld, Australia. Mohan.karunanithi@csiro.au
authors.forename: Mohanraj K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Karunanithi
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D018511:Systems Integration