Title: Developing a wireless based dynamic management mechanism for intravenous drip scheduling

Authors: Chien-Liang Chen; Nan-Chen Hsieh; Lun-Ping Hung

Addresses: Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Aletheia University, No. 32, Zhenli St., Danshui Dist., New Taipei City 25103, Taiwan ' Department of Information Management, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, No. 365, Ming-Te Rd., Peitou Dist., Taipei City 10845, Taiwan ' Department of Information Management, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, No. 365, Ming-Te Rd., Peitou Dist., Taipei City 10845, Taiwan

Abstract: In this rapidly developing high-tech environment, building a nursing information system is essential. When an emergency occurs, nurses must immediately remove obstacle interrupting medical care to assist medical treatment successfully. In this paper, a system built in a mobile nursing station accompanied by a high-tech device installed in the infusion drip equipment transmitting signals through a ZigBee wireless network is proposed. This system uses a dynamic wireless infusion monitoring mechanism. When an emergency occurs, the intravenous drip sends out an alert message through the wireless environment to the system in the mobile nursing station. The system will reschedule previous processing ranks to assist nurses in taking care of routine medical operations efficiently. By applying this system, nurses can devote themselves to providing better quality medical care and claims for medical negligence or medical malpractice can be reduced.

Keywords: mobile nursing stations; wireless infusion monitoring; ZigBee networks; NIS; nursing information systems; wireless networks; dynamic management; intravenous drip scheduling; intravenous drips; medical emergencies; alerts; healthcare technology; e-healthcare; electronic healthcare.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAHUC.2015.070585

International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, 2015 Vol.19 No.3/4, pp.208 - 220

Received: 13 Nov 2013
Accepted: 24 Feb 2014
Published online: 13 Jul 2015 *

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