Use of ultra-low cost fitness trackers as clinical monitors in low resource emergency departments
Autor: | Oren J. Mechanic, Alon Dagan |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
Fitness Trackers
Telemedicine Low resource business.industry Internet of Things Fitness trackers Global health Staffing Vital signs 030208 emergency & critical care medicine Context (language use) Review Article 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Emergency Nursing 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Risk analysis (engineering) Monitoring physiologic Emergency Medicine Medicine business Vital sign monitoring |
Zdroj: | Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine |
ISSN: | 2383-4625 |
Popis: | In low resource hospitals, strained staffing ratios and lack of telemetry can put patients at risk for clinical deterioration and unexpected cardiac arrest. While traditional telemetry systems can provide real-time continuous vital signs, they are too expensive for widespread use in these settings. At the same time, developed countries such as the United States have been increasingly utilizing remote monitoring systems to shift patient care from hospital to home. While the context is dramatically different, the challenge of monitoring patients in otherwise unmonitored settings is the same. At-home monitoring solutions range from highly comprehensive and expensive systems to inexpensive fitness trackers. In the field of global health, the adoption of this technology has been somewhat limited. We believe that low cost fitness trackers present an opportunity to address the challenge of vital sign monitoring in resource-poor settings at a fraction of the cost of existing technical solutions. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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