title: iSyNCC: an intelligent system for patient monitoring & clinical decision support in Neuro-Critical-Care.
abstract: Close monitoring and timely treatment are extremely crucial in Neuro Intensive/Critical Care Units (NICUs) to prevent patients from secondary brain damages. However, the current clinical practice is labor-intensive, prone to human errors and ineffective. To address this, we developed an integrated and intelligent system, namely iSyNCC, to enhance the effectiveness of patient monitoring and clinical decision makings in NICUs. The requirements of the system were investigated through interviews and discussions with neurosurgeons, neuroclinicians and nurses. Based on the summarized requirements, a modular 2-tier system is developed. iSyNCC integrates and stores crucial patient information ranging from demographic details, clinical & treatment records to continuous physiological monitoring data. iSyNCC enables remote and centralized patient monitoring and provides computational intelligence to facilitate clinical decision makings.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Infocomm Research, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore. mornin@gmail.com
authors.forename: Mengling
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Zhuo
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.forename: Liang Yu
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Loy
authors.forename: Kuralmani
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vellaisamy
authors.forename: Wenyuan
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Pei Loon
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Chin
authors.forename: Nicolas Kon Kam
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: Beng Ti
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Ang
authors.forename: Cuntai
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guan
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003199:Computer Systems; D003201:Computers; D003422:Critical Care; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods*; D009462:Neurology / Q000379:methods; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D059015:Wireless Technology