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Real-Time, Location-Based Patient-Device Association Management: Design and Proof of Concept

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  • Raoufeh Rezaee

    (University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)

  • Malak Baslyman

    (University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)

  • Daniel Amyot

    (University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)

  • Alain Mouttham

    (Montfort Hospital, Ontario, Canada)

  • Rana Chreyh

    (Canadian Blood Services, Ontario, Canada)

  • Glen Geiger

    (The Ottawa Hospital, Ontario, Canada)

Abstract

Background: Hospitals need to accurately manage mobile devices (e.g., intravenous pumps) associated to their patients and health providers to ensure patient safety. Some hospitals have already invested substantially in real-time location system (RTLS) technology, a specific type of Internet of Things (IoT) application for indoor positioning, to manage mobile clinical devices. Objective: This paper investigates the reuse of RTLS systems to monitor patients and their assigned devices and to manage their connectivity automatically, in real time. Method: A system called Real-time Patient-Device Association and Disassociation (RPDAD) is designed, implemented, and tested in a hospital room and in a university laboratory. Results: RPDAD helps manage patient-device associations through a tablet application, with accurate suggestions for closest devices and automated detection of unexpected disassociations, resulting in real-time alerts. Conclusion: RPDAD offers a usable means of managing associations that does not depend on bar-coding technologies. It also helps amortize investments in RTLS.

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  • Raoufeh Rezaee & Malak Baslyman & Daniel Amyot & Alain Mouttham & Rana Chreyh & Glen Geiger, 2017. "Real-Time, Location-Based Patient-Device Association Management: Design and Proof of Concept," International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics (IJHISI), IGI Global, vol. 12(3), pages 37-61, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jhisi0:v:12:y:2017:i:3:p:37-61
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