NDLI: Medical Asset Tracking Application with Wireless Sensor Networks

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Kwangsoo Kim Jongarm Jun Sunjoong Kim Sung, B.Y.
Copyright Year	2008
Description	Author affiliation: ETRI, Daejeon (Kwangsoo Kim; Jongarm Jun; Sunjoong Kim)
Abstract	Small sized devices with communication capability are accepted in real applications recent years and the applications increase business efficiency. We developed an asset tracking application using a wireless sensor network. The application consists of three components: a wireless sensor network, a middleware, and a user interface. The sensor network consists of 21 mobile nodes, 29 reference nodes, and one gateway. Each mobile node equipped with a location sensor is attached to one medical asset so that the application tracks 21 medical assets. The middleware abstracts the specification of the sensor network. The graphical user interface is developed according to the requirements of nurses and doctors of Gil Medical Center in Korea so the application fits the asset tracking business of the medical center. The application tracks mobile medical assets in the emergency room of Gil Medical Center. The application shortens the searching time for mobile medical assets from about twenty minutes to within one minute. By shortening the searching time of the assets, the nurses can use more times to take care of patients and the patients can receive better medical services.
Starting Page	531
Ending Page	536
File Size	357691
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9780769533308
DOI	10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2008.87
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2008-08-25
Publisher Place	France
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Wireless sensor networks Buildings medical equipment Medical services wireless sensor network Logic gates Mobile communication Middleware Monitoring mobile asset tracking
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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