Introduction Visiting the doctor's office or staying in the hospital for an extended period of time can be a nerve wracking experience, and medical professionals are always on the lookout for ways to improve the experience of patients under their care. It is now commonplace for clinics and hospitals to be wired to the hilt, and most locations take good advantage of the local network and the Internet to speed up the retrieval and updating of medical records. In recent years, medical facilities have made further improvements by connecting testing and monitoring equipment to the network.
Routine and Intensive Care
One of a nurse's most important duties is keeping an eye
on the status of patients, and then reacting quickly
when an emergency arises. In the past, nurses made regular
rounds of the ward by walking from room to room to administer
medication, make sure that patients were resting comfortably,
and take blood pressure and temperature readings. One
of the main problems they faced was not being able to
watch all of the patients at the same time. If patient
B encountered an emergency situation while the nurse
was caring for patient A, there was a good chance that
patient B's change for the worse would go unnoticed.
The UC-7420 provides an economical
way for nurses to monitor all of the patients in their
ward at the same time. Since the UC-7420 is small, it
occupies less space and is unobtrusive. The UC-7420 is
used as a front-end
embedded computer to collect data from the machines and
monitoring equipment in the patient's room. The data
is then transferred to the nurse's station, so that the
team on-duty can monitor the status of all patients at
the same time.
Benefits
No fan, no hard drive design for longer MTBF
CompactFlash slot
for adding gigabytes of storage space
Multiple connection options for greater networking versatility
Programmability gives system integrators infinite possibilities
System reduces work load for personnel, and patients can receive better care
