title: Mobile health platform for pressure ulcer monitoring with electronic health record integration.
abstract: Pressure ulcers frequently occur in patients with limited mobility, for example, people with advanced age and patients wearing casts or prostheses. Mobile information communication technologies can help implement ulcer care protocols and the monitoring of patients with high risk, thus preventing or improving these conditions. This article presents a mobile pressure ulcer monitoring platform (mULCER), which helps control a patient's ulcer status during all stages of treatment. Beside its stand-alone version, it can be integrated with electronic health record systems as mULCER synchronizes ulcer data with any electronic health record system using HL7 standards. It serves as a tool to integrate nursing care among hospital departments and institutions. mULCER was experimented with in different mobile devices such as LG Optimus One P500, Samsung Galaxy Tab, HTC Magic, Samsung Galaxy S, and Samsung Galaxy i5700, taking into account the user's experience of different screen sizes and processing characteristics.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Telecomunicações, University of Beira Interior, Portugal.
authors.forename: Joel J P C
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.forename: Luís M C C
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Pedro
authors.forename: Tomé
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vardasca
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: de la Torre-Díez
authors.forename: Henrique M G
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Martins
mesh_terms: D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011174:Portugal; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012985:Software Design; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology
keywords: Android; Braden Scale; electronic health record; mobile health; ulcer monitoring