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Continuous Monitoring of Physiologic Variables with a Dedicated Minicomputer
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EngineeringRemote Patient MonitoringMedical TechnologyDiagnosisWearable TechnologyPatient Tracking SystemHealth System EngineeringMedical InstrumentationHealth Monitoring (Biomedical Engineering)Health Monitoring (Structural Health Monitoring)Continuous MonitoringDigital HealthPatient MonitoringOperating Room DesignAdvanced Communication TechniquesMedicineDesignComputer-based Patient MonitoringHealthcare Information SystemsBarnes HospitalPhysiologyPatient SafetyBiomedical InstrumentationHealth MonitoringElectrophysiologyMedical DevicesHealth Informatics
A custom designed system employing advanced communication techniques<R>1,2</R> and unique video displays<R>3</R> for computer-based patient monitoring (see Figure 1) has been designed and built by the Washington University Biomedical Computer Laboratory in cooperation with the Department of Surgery and Barnes Hospital. Planning of the system, designed specifically for the hospital's four-bed Cardiothoracic Surgical Intensive Care Unit, began in 1971, and the completed system was installed in March of 1973.