The Internet of Things empowers the construction of smart hospitals to achieve efficient, safe and c

Mondo Technology Updated on 2024-02-01

Internet of Things technology is developing rapidly with each passing day, and the development of Internet of Things has entered all walks of life and our lives. In the medical field, with the development and rise of the medical Internet of Things, the Internet of Things will once again change the medical industry.

The application of the Internet of Things in hospitals.

Smart Healthcare

(1) Mobile ECG acquisition system

The clinical department is equipped with a mobile ECG collector with wireless communication function, after completing the ECG information collection, the data is transmitted to the server through the wireless network, and the ECG doctor analyzes and diagnoses and issues a report according to the collected data, and the clinician immediately sees the patient's ECG diagnosis report integrating waveform and text information, and makes a clinical diagnosis in time.

(2) Mobile ward round system

Through the wireless network and mobile terminals, doctors can log in to the mobile doctor workstation to access the electronic medical records at any time, and quickly obtain the latest hospitalization information, medical history, examination results and other vital sign information of patients. According to the ward rounds, the doctor will enter the information into the computer in a timely manner, and immediately prescribe tests, examinations, ** and other medical orders according to the changes in the condition, so as to avoid copying the medical orders again after the ward rounds or making up the medical orders and recording the course of the disease by memory, resulting in repeated work and even errors.

Smart care

(1) Mobile ECG telemetry system

In order to facilitate the patient's movement in the ward and to receive the data uploaded by the ECG telemetry on the patient uninterruptedly, a set of indoor signal distribution system supporting a single frequency band is usually laid in the hospital ward to ensure that the patient has zero roaming and zero packet loss in the transmission of wireless data during the movement.

(2) Mobile care system

Medical staff collect and enter vital sign data directly at the patient's bedside through wireless data networks and mobile terminals (PDA, barcode wristbands), which can reduce the error rate, improve the efficiency and quality of care, improve the quality of medical services, and enable patients to receive more care.

(3) Wireless infusion pump system

Through the combination of Internet of Things technology and traditional infusion pumps, the hospital can provide patients with infusion pumps with wireless communication functions, monitor the real-time status of patient infusion in the ward and even the whole hospital, and see the use of each infusion pump in the ward at the first station, such as speed, alarm lights, etc., reduce the number of inspections of the ward, improve work efficiency, and ensure that the infusion process is safer and more reliable.

(4) Patient temperature monitoring system

The active RFID sensor is pasted on the patient's major artery position through special tape, which can sense the patient's body temperature in real time, and report it to the Internet of Things data acquisition engine through the medical dedicated wireless network platform, and the data engine will send the body temperature data to the vital signs monitoring system through the API, and the system will automatically form an electronic thermometer. When the patient's body temperature is abnormal, the ** station monitoring system will make different alarm prompts according to the level.

(5) Wireless analgesic pump system

It is the combination of electronic analgesic pump and wireless data transmission, which helps medical staff to centralize the management of analgesic pumps in use, monitor the operation of analgesic pumps in real time, and alarm patients for insufficient analgesia, blockage of infusion pipelines, bubbles, and no fluid, and display the effective number and total number of times the patient presses the self-controlled analgesic button.

Smart patients

(1) Anti-wandering system for mentally ill patients

Wear specially designed tamper-evident wristbands for mentally ill patients, comprehensively monitor key information such as the trajectory of mentally ill persons and their stay time, and strictly manage the prescribed entry and exit channels and entry and exit times, so as to prevent mentally ill persons from getting lost.

(2) Special patient prevention management system

For the elderly, cancer patients, infectious disease patients wear specially designed anti-tamper wristband, the wristband has the function of positioning and calling for help, the hospital can track these special patients, stipulate normal activity areas, non-access areas, access control alarm to prevent getting lost, and call for help and other services.

(3) Wireless infusion monitoring system

The infusion monitoring system provides a unified monitoring interface of real-time visualization according to the data collected by the engine, so that the medical staff of the first station can grasp the infusion progress in real time, accurately control or monitor the infusion speed, automatically report to the first station for various infusion statuses, and automatically close the infusion clamp after the infusion is completed.

Smart management

(1) Medical waste management system

The accurate location information provided by the positioning system and the RFID tags installed on the medical ** car or medical waste bag are combined to record whether the staff follow a fixed route when collecting and handling medical waste in the hospital, and concentrate on stacking in the medical waste room set up by the hospital, which is stored in a closed manner to prevent pollution of the surrounding environment and ensure that the disease control department can directly obtain first-hand medical waste management information.

(2) Hand hygiene adherence system

Through the Internet of Things and positioning technology, the handwashing behavior of medical staff can be recorded in real time, and at the same time, medical staff can be actively reminded to wash their hands, and an analysis report can be formed in the form of days, weeks and months, so as to inform the hand hygiene compliance of medical staff in each department of the hospital infection department, so as to urge medical staff to wash their hands more standardly.

(3) Baby anti-theft system

By wearing RFID tags on babies and mothers at the same time, the IoT platform system can receive the baby's RFID tag signal in real time and obtain the baby's status information. When the baby is carried out of the ward without authorization, the system will automatically alarm, if the ward has an access control system, the access control linkage lock door can be realized. In addition, the system also has a mother-to-child identification function, when the identity of the baby and the mother do not match, the label will automatically sound a prompt, thereby improving the safety management of newborns and reassuring families and medical staff.

Smart logistics

(1) Wireless cold chain management system

The temperature sensor of the Internet of Things is used to grasp the temperature and humidity data in real time, actively send the monitoring data to the Internet of Things base station, and then send it to the Internet of Things data acquisition engine, and then realize the graphical display in the cold chain management system. Applicable scenarios: drug monitoring points such as hospital drug depots, laboratory departments, biochemical rooms, blood banks, and contaminated areas.

(2) Equipment energy efficiency management system

It is connected to the Internet of Things module with power consumption detection function for medical equipment, which can remotely monitor the on/off status of medical equipment in real time, and automatically classify and count the start-up operation time and working times of the equipment in a period of time, effectively monitor the energy efficiency of medical equipment, and realize the supervision of investment and utilization rate of medical equipment.

(3) Surgical instrument tracking system

RFID tags are installed on each surgical instrument to realize the real-time management of the instruments by the hospital's disinfection department, establish automated electronic files, track the disinfection process of each instrument, and ensure the complete and strict disinfection of the instruments. Ensure that all instruments for each operation are 100% matched before and after the surgery, so that there is no loss.

(4) Surgical garment management system

Install RFID tags on each surgical gown, and provide a special surgical gown management wardrobe, supervise the use of the garment and disinfection process throughout the process, and track the user, person, disinfection time, re-shelving time, etc.

(5) Endoscope disinfection management system

Each endoscope is equipped with a special waterproof and corrosion-resistant Internet of Things sensor, and a special sensing module is installed in each disinfection link to detect whether the time of the endoscope in each disinfection link is up to standard.

(6) Environmental monitoring system

Each inpatient ward is equipped with an Internet of Things module of temperature and humidity sensing chip modules to collect the environmental information of each ward in real time, and then provide data support for the operation of heating, cooling, and fresh air in the ward. Automatically collect the temperature and humidity data of all inpatient wards, and each department provides an independent temperature and humidity change curve, and reminds the management personnel to make corresponding adjustments in time according to the adaptability of the human body, so as to provide patients with a comfortable inpatient environment and improve patient satisfaction.

Therefore, the Internet of Things is the core technology to realize the future smart hospital, and the application based on the Internet of Things technology is also an important part of building a comprehensive smart hospital. Through the Internet of Things technology, every medical "thing" can access the data and applications it needs anytime and anywhere, and transmit the data generated by itself anytime and anywhere, so that medical institutions can improve productivity, improve efficiency, and improve services, which makes a real smart hospital possible.

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