Towards non-intrusive continuous healthcare monitoring with the Smart Hospital Gown

摘要

Continuous monitoring and gathering of vital signs are essential for the treatment of critical care patients in the hospital. However, in most cases, the monitoring and data gathering are manual processes, with a nurse collecting the patient's temperature, pulse rate, and other information at regular time intervals. The data collection and monitoring are performed via external sensors and peripheral devices attached to the patient. This, in turn, limits the mobility of the patient for treatment and even to perform trivial actions, such as, using the rest room. To resolve this problem, we aim at creating a smart sensory and computing fabric for the hospital gown. The Smart Hospital Gown contains one or more compute units, a multitude of sensors for collecting the patient's temperature, breathing rate, sweating, pulse rate, and other vital information. The patient can simply wear the gown without requiring any additional external wires or sensors/monitors to be attached to the patient. In this demo, we will demonstrate the Smart Hospital Gown and show its user friendliness and utility in providing a better, low-cost, and continuous monitoring system for critical care patients.