If a refrigerator in a medical institution fails, how much damage will it suffer?
The loss could be as high as $80,000, which is the price of a refrigerator in a research pharmacy after a weekend failure. There is a research drug worth $80,000 in the freezer, which has deteriorated due to the increase in temperature. In the end, it was all thrown away. Who would have thought that a refrigerator failure would cause such a big loss.
24/7 remote monitoring is not difficult
The pharmacy had thought that it had everything to do with an automated monitoring system. Once the reefer failed, it would sound an alarm; but because the fault occurred on the weekend, no one heard the alarm, and the sensitive automated monitoring system could not. Remind remote personnel to come to the rescue.
The pharmacy later switched to a sensor-based monitoring system that automatically paged security personnel if problems were detected. The system's rules for night and weekend are different from the daytime, and it chooses to alert different people.
The above example was mentioned by Joel Cook, director of medical solutions marketing at AeroScout, Calif., to illustrate the urgent need for a remote monitoring system in the medical industry. AeroScout uses Wi-Fi tags and sensors to track many environments in real time and let them automatically report status. Sensor technology plays an increasingly important role in the medical community, and the target of monitoring is not only equipment, but also the patient's vital signs, living habits and medication. ABI Research, Inc., of Oyster Bay, New York, predicts that the wireless device market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 77% over the next five years. This wireless device monitors patient conditions and reports data to Medical service providers; by 2014, the industry's global revenue will reach nearly $950 million.
With the automatic monitoring system, the temperature sensor tag inside the freezer can send telemetry information over the Wi-Fi network for a certain period of time (usually 5 minutes to 20 minutes). After the rule engine analyzes the data, it detects if the temperature is outside the normal range. The system stores the information in a database through which the hospital can run reports and analyze long-term trends. Even if the regulator suddenly said, "We want to check the temperature of the refrigerator on February 12 two years ago, the hospital can immediately report."
In addition, since the sensor can report the temperature of the refrigerating device every few minutes, it can remind the staff of the temperature change as soon as possible and rescue the contents as soon as possible. If you use a manual monitoring system, this is often not the case. The part of the system that can't or won't be done: the refrigerator is monitored 24/7, and the sensor doesn't get bored with the job. As for energy consumption, in general, the battery can be used for three or four years.
ABI mentioned several reasons for the booming market: rising medical costs; aging populations in most developed countries around the world; remote monitoring of patients may be more efficient. However, some people expressed concern that not all monitoring systems have the same effect, and that there will be differences. How to deploy a system that suits their environment requires a deeper understanding of the technology. Customers should also conduct extensive investigations to determine which systems are best suited to their immediate and long-term needs.
Smart butler benefits individual users
Sensors that monitor the temperature of the reefer seem quite straightforward, but have you ever thought about using sensors to monitor how we behave? Some older people have found that monitoring technology allows them to stay longer at home and improve their quality of life.
The ultimate goal of all remote monitoring and remote health systems is to improve patient care. Although many older people have personal emergency response system (PERS) buttons around them, you can call for help in an emergency, but many people don't use buttons for a number of reasons: they may be physically disabled, confused, or far away. Button.
For example, a woman whose husband is suffering from Alzheimer's disease may have difficulty sleeping at night because she is afraid and always keeps her husband away at night. The monitoring system changed the situation: if he left the bed for too long, an alarm would be issued. Not only is the bedside sensor able to do this. For example, Healthsense of Minnesota, its eNeighbor remote monitoring system provides 12 sensors. These Wi-Fi-based sensors include bedside sensors, toilet sensors, contact sensors and motion sensors. But the sensor alone does not necessarily tell someone to ask for help, so Healthsense's system analyzes the data to assess whether the patient has deviated from the usual mode of activity; if there is a deviation, it may indicate a problem.
Such a system can correlate information obtained by different sensors and adapt the sensor algorithm to the general activities of the patient or the laws of walking around the home. Once the model is established, the system will use this information to assess whether the patient is within the expected range of activity or outside the expected range of activities, and then it will issue a corresponding alert.
The Healthsense system can be very specific. For example, the system knows that it is normal for the person to go to the bathroom after getting up at night, but he needs to go back to the bedroom. If he wants to go downstairs or go to the basement, or walk in the room for too long, the system will remind the caregiver to intervene. Make sure there are no problems.
In addition to monitoring lifestyle through sensors, eNeighbor can also transmit remote health information. This information may include data on vital signs such as blood pressure or weight, which are sent daily to a central monitoring station in a hospital or health care facility. According to ABI Research, it is estimated that about 15 million remote health systems will be put into use before the beginning of 2012, most of which are deployed in North America.
Sensors create telecom value-added service space
This technology will also be bundled with other services. For example, users can choose a cable provider or telecom provider that they prefer to buy a medical package bundled with an entertainment package or a phone package instead of simply purchasing a phone service or a TV connection.
The concept of remote monitoring of patients has also entered the human body. In August last year, the medical community rumored that this incident: a cardiologist at St. Francis Hospital implanted a wireless pacemaker into a patient with a bradycardia, with a pacemaker wirelessly and bed The head monitor is contacted and the system can also transmit information to the central monitoring station.
The maker of this pacemaker is St. Jude Medical Devices in St. Paul, Minnesota, which is actively promoting wireless patient monitoring. The device, called AccentRF, uses Wi-Fi to communicate. Once the doctor logs on to the computer, he or she can get information about the patient's pacemaker usage. After the system detects an abnormal heart rate, it can automatically send an alert to the doctor or clinic.
Because chronically ill people usually live longer, the demand for such systems may increase. BergInsight of Gothenburg, Sweden, estimates that 300 million people in Europe and the United States are suffering from disease alone, and that these diseases may require family surveillance. This figure does not include monitoring in medical institutions, nor does it include many medical devices that are also expected to benefit from the Internet of Things. Sensors have undoubtedly created more telecom value-added services.
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