Remote Sensing of Vital Signs: A Wearable, Wireless "Band-Aid" Sensor With Personalized Analytics for Improved Ebola Patient Care and Worker Safety

• Published in: Global health science and practice Vol. 3; no. 3; pp. 516 - 519
• Main Authors: Steinhubl, Steven R, Marriott, Mark P, Wegerich, Stephan W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Global Health: Science and Practice 01.09.2015
• Subjects: Health Personnel; Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - diagnosis; Humans; Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional - prevention & control; Innovation; Monitoring, Physiologic - instrumentation; Occupational Health; Patient Care - methods; Remote Sensing Technology - instrumentation; Vital Signs; Wireless Technology - instrumentation
• ISSN: 2169-575X; 2169-575X
• DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00189

This wireless sensor technology, currently being field-tested in an Ebola Treatment Unit in Sierra Leone, monitors multiple vital signs continuously and remotely. When connected with enhanced analytics software, it can discern changes in patients’ status much more quickly and intelligently than conventional periodic monitoring, thus saving critical health care worker time and reducing exposure to pathogens. This wireless sensor technology, currently being field-tested in an Ebola Treatment Unit in Sierra Leone, monitors multiple vital signs continuously and remotely. When connected with enhanced analytics software, it can discern changes in patients’ status much more quickly and intelligently than conventional periodic monitoring, thus saving critical health care worker time and reducing exposure to pathogens.