Bedside patient data viewer using RFID and e-Ink technology.
In the daily routine of hospitals, which work with paper based medical records, the staff has to find the appropriate patient file if it needs information about the patient. With the introduction of ELGA the Austrian hospitals have to use specific standards for their clinical documentation. These structured documents can be used to feed an e-Ink reader with information about every patient in a hospital. Combined with RFID and security measures, the clinical staff is supported during the patient file searching process. The developed experimental setup of the Bedside Patient Data Viewer demonstrates a prototype of such a system. An Amazon Kindle Paperwhite is used to display processed data, supplied by a Raspberry Pi with an attached RFID module for identification purposes. Results show that such a system can be implemented, however a lot of organizational and technical issues remain to be solved.
University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vienna, Austria.
Aleksandar
A
Nikodijevic
University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vienna, Austria.
Patrick
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Pichler
University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vienna, Austria.
Mathias
M
Forjan
University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vienna, Austria.
Stefan
S
Sauermann
D034201:Computers, Handheld; D003626:Data Display; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006747:Hospital Communication Systems; D063731:Mobile Applications; D010865:Pilot Projects; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D057233:Radio Frequency Identification Device; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D059015:Wireless Technology / Q000295:instrumentation