英文摘要 |
The number of elderly people in the population is rising, together with the incidence of chronic disease, but the relative number of physicians and nurses is insufficient, which is becoming a serious global problem. Hence, improvements in the quality of care for an increasing number of patients using limited human and financial resources presents an important challenge in healthcare. Currently, telecare services involving personal tele-health systems are being discussed in recognition of their potential in overcoming this challenge. However, the tele-health system designed and implemented by specific company is currently proprietary. Different types of medical device cannot communicate with the same application hosting device, and vice versa. There is a necessary need for intercommunication and exchange measurement data among the various medical devices and application hosting devices within the personal healthcare ecosystem. This study proposes a new 2-in-1 medical monitoring system, enabling medical devices to transmit vital sign data to an application hosting device on a network via a wireless link. The medical monitoring system is based on international standards, providing an interoperable platform on which personal healthcare systems can exchange measurement data compliant with the data exchange protocol ISO/IEEE 11073-20601 and data device specifications of ISO/IEEE 11073-104zz series of standards via a Bluetooth HDP interface. The 2-in-1 medical monitoring system is the first dual-meter device providing both blood glucose and blood pressure measurements certified by International Organization, Continua Health Alliance. This medical monitoring system meets conformance requirements as well as basic interoperability requirements with other Continua certified devices. Based on the platform of 2-in-1 medical monitoring system proposed, medical devices can interconnect and interoperate with other medical devices and exchange healthcare information over a wireless personal area network. |