TY - JOUR
T1 - A remote patient monitoring system for congestive heart failure
AU - Suh, Myung Kyung
AU - Chen, Chien An
AU - Woodbridge, Jonathan
AU - Tu, Michael Kai
AU - Kim, Jung In
AU - Nahapetian, Ani
AU - Evangelista, Lorraine S.
AU - Sarrafzadeh, Majid
PY - 2011/10
Y1 - 2011/10
N2 - Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a leading cause of death in the United States affecting approximately 670,000 individuals. Due to the prevalence of CHF related issues, it is prudent to seek out methodologies that would facilitate the prevention, monitoring, and treatment of heart disease on a daily basis. This paper describes WANDA (Weight and Activity with Blood Pressure Monitoring System); a study that leverages sensor technologies and wireless communications to monitor the health related measurements of patients with CHF. The WANDA system is a three-tier architecture consisting of sensors, web servers, and back-end databases. The system was developed in conjunction with the UCLA School of Nursing and the UCLA Wireless Health Institute to enable early detection of key clinical symptoms indicative of CHF-related decompensation. This study shows that CHF patients monitored by WANDA are less likely to have readings fall outside a healthy range. In addition, WANDA provides a useful feedback system for regulating readings of CHF patients.
AB - Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a leading cause of death in the United States affecting approximately 670,000 individuals. Due to the prevalence of CHF related issues, it is prudent to seek out methodologies that would facilitate the prevention, monitoring, and treatment of heart disease on a daily basis. This paper describes WANDA (Weight and Activity with Blood Pressure Monitoring System); a study that leverages sensor technologies and wireless communications to monitor the health related measurements of patients with CHF. The WANDA system is a three-tier architecture consisting of sensors, web servers, and back-end databases. The system was developed in conjunction with the UCLA School of Nursing and the UCLA Wireless Health Institute to enable early detection of key clinical symptoms indicative of CHF-related decompensation. This study shows that CHF patients monitored by WANDA are less likely to have readings fall outside a healthy range. In addition, WANDA provides a useful feedback system for regulating readings of CHF patients.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10916-011-9733-y
DO - 10.1007/s10916-011-9733-y
M3 - Article
C2 - 21611788
AN - SCOPUS:84856221106
SN - 0148-5598
VL - 35
SP - 1165
EP - 1179
JO - Journal of Medical Systems
JF - Journal of Medical Systems
IS - 5
ER -