In recent years, there have been increased demand for better patient care at affordable healthcare costs. Besides, there have been alarming rising healthcare costs, hence a need to control the costs. While there have been various inventions and innovations applied to improve the same, the situation is still not fully under control. One of the attempts to improve efficiency in the health care sector is the use of computer-based networks. These networks are used in various ways such as monitoring and information sharing. Today, a lot of data is generated in care settings regarding the medical staff and patients, hence pushing the technological applications to the limit. This presentation will cover a patient monitoring information network used in my work settings. Therefore, various aspects will be explored such as the description of the network. The architecture, user and literature comparison among others
NETWORK DESCRIPTION
The patient monitoring information network described in here is a bedside monitoring based. The networks is used in the high care units to monitor the patient’s progress and improve the quality of care among other things. This network system has three main components including the bedside monitors. The bedside monitors are the primary data collection tools that is used in monitoring the patient’s vitals for timeous actions. These bedside monitors are connected to a central monitors which can be accessed by various clinicians to make meaning of the data and take appropriate step. It is worth noting that the signal interpretation features of the central monitors are more sophisticated than the bedside monitors since they handle more data. Another important component is the communication interface. The communication interface is specific helps in connecting other components of the network.
NETWORK PURPOSE
The patient monitoring information network in the place of work serves various purposes. One of the major functions it serves in to offer warnings against life-threatening or serious events happening in the high care units. This is key as the healthcare professionals can timeously and appropriately act on the warning signs and improve the situation. For instance, if a patient has fallen or there is an indication of a possible adverse drug reactions in the patients. Such warnings are possible due to a continuous and a rigorous monitoring of the events going on in the high care units. The networks can also indicate if a patient is critically ill and send the information to the central monitor to be acted upon. In addition, the network fosters information sharing between members of the care teams regarding various patients admitted in the unit.
Apart from the previously mentioned functions or purposes such as giving warnings concerning life-threatening events, indicating if a patient is critically ill, and sharing information between care teams, the patient monitoring information network in the place of work serves other important purposes such as making observations regarding a patient’s physiological functions, monitoring the functions of the life support equipment and relaying the collected information to relevant routes for appropriate actions. The observation of the patient physiological function is achieved through other computer and computer system connected to the patient monitoring networks. Such physiological function monitoring produces appropriate data which can then be analyzed by the clinical experts and acted upon. The high care units usually have various life support equipment. The malfunction of these devices can be detrimental to a patient’ health, therefore, the system also monitors how well they function.
NETWORK ARCHITECTURE
The network architecture entail structural and logical layout of network that consists of infrastructure, communication protocols, software and transmission equipment and shows connectivity and data transmission between the components. The architectural design for the organizat
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