IoT EWS: An Approach Exploring Remote Patient Monitoring in the Internet of Things

• Rogério Albandes UFPel / UCPel
• Alexandre Souza UFPel
• Rodrigo Lambrecht UCPel
• Franklin Barcellos UCPel
• Adenauer Yamin UFPel / UCPel

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbcup.2022.223092

Abstract

Mobility has become a daily practice of physicians, so it is possible that they remain periods of time without contact with the teams that support them in the treatment of patients. Longer periods between communications can cause delays in performing procedures, drug prescribing, etc. Considering this scenario, this work has as objective the conception an approach, called IoT EWS, which integrates: (i) a platform for acquisition of vital signs, (ii) an environment for contextual processing, which through customizable rules builds the Situation Awareness of the patients; and (iii) a textual and graphic display interface for these signals, which can be accessed by IoT. As a source of vital signs, the MIMIC-III database is being used. In turn, for the evaluation of IoT EWStogether with health professionals, the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) was used, and promising results were obtained.

Keywords: Vital Signs, IoT, EWS

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