Authors:
Susana Martin-Toral
1
;
Jose Luis Rodriguez-Gonzalez
1
and
Javier Perez-Turiel
2
Affiliations:
1
Computer and Information Technologies Division. CARTIF Foundation (Centre for Automation, Robotics and Information and Manufacturing Technology), Spain
;
2
Head of Biomedical Engineering Division, CARTIF Foundation, Spain
Keyword(s):
Medical devices, drivers, VITAL (Vital Signs Information Representation), manager/agent architecture, MDIB (Medical Data Information Base).
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Artificial Intelligence
;
Biomedical Engineering
;
Cardiovascular Technologies
;
Cloud Computing
;
Collaboration and e-Services
;
Complex Systems Modeling and Simulation
;
Computing and Telecommunications in Cardiology
;
Data Engineering
;
e-Business
;
e-Health
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Health Engineering and Technology Applications
;
Health Information Systems
;
Hospital Management Systems
;
Integration/Interoperability
;
Interoperability
;
Knowledge Management and Information Sharing
;
Knowledge-Based Systems
;
Medical and Nursing Informatics
;
Ontologies and the Semantic Web
;
Platforms and Applications
;
Sensor Networks
;
Simulation and Modeling
;
Software Agents and Internet Computing
;
Software and Architectures
;
Symbolic Systems
;
Telemedicine
Abstract:
This paper presents a free Critical Care Information System (CCIS) that shows an essential infrastructure for critical care medical and nursing practice. Specifically, a Patient Integral Analysis Aid System (SAIP) in Intensive Care Units (ICU) has been developed to cover the needs discovered in these scenarios. An importart part of this system is related to medical equipment, that offers important information to help in medical diagnosis. ICU patients are usually connected to several of these devices which register their physiological parameters. The integration of these devices, in order to exchange the generated information, is difficult because they are developed by different manufacturers and with different communication protocols and information representations. Due to this, it has been necessary to develop a set of communication drivers for each medical device, according to the current regulations. To reach this objective, the developed drivers have a common interface for the a
ccess and collection of medical device data. The main goal of the present paper is to show the work done to obtain a real interoperability among medical devices from different manufacturers and with different communication protocols in ICU services for automatic data collection, storage and retrieval.
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