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ABSTRACT: Each individual U.S. Air Force, Army, and Navy Surgeon General has integrated oversight of global medical supplies and resources using the Joint Medical Asset Repository (JMAR). A Business Intelligence system called the JMAR Executive Dashboard Initiative (JEDI) was developed over a three-year period to add real-time interactive data-mining tools and executive dashboards. Medical resources can now be efficiently reallocated to military, veteran, family, or civilian purposes and inventories can be maintained at lean levels with peaks managed by interactive dashboards that reduce workload and errors
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006. EMBS '06. 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE; 10/2006
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ABSTRACT: The Clinical Engineering (a.k.a. biomedical engineering) Department has heretofore lagged in adoption of some of the leading-edge information system tools used in other industries. This present application is part of a DOD-funded SBIR grant to improve the overall management of medical technology, and describes the capabilities that strategic graphical dashboards (SGDs) can afford. This SGD is built on top of an Oracle database, and uses custom-written graphic objects like gauges, fuel tanks, and geographic information system (GIS) maps to improve and accelerate decision making
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005. IEEE-EMBS 2005. 27th Annual International Conference of the; 02/2005
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ABSTRACT: With the emergence of networks and sophisticated programming languages, it has become possible over the years to accumulate and translate large amounts of data in a short time period. And as biomedical engineering departments gain more active roles in the hospital, the opportunity to use such data to improve the effectiveness and safety of patient care increases. The patient monitoring network at Hartford Hospital lends itself to data elements such as patient alarms and indicators that can be used to track a patient's medical record or history. These error logs are created on GE Clinical Information Center (CIC) computers, but such logs remain there without being analyzed until there is a need to investigate suspected device malfunctions or operator errors. These data log files were previously accessed through a manual process using DOS commands to export the data from the CIC to a floppy disk for further manual analysis. Thus, with the large amounts of patient data, there is a need to create an application that allows engineers and clinicians to make better, faster data-driven decisions. The proposed developments to existing utilities provide an excellent opportunity to utilize biomedical engineering principles and skills in the clinical environment.
Bioengineering Conference, 2004. Proceedings of the IEEE 30th Annual Northeast; 05/2004
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ABSTRACT: This paper discusses the ongoing application of Strategic Digital Dashboard (SGD) technologies to a growing number of important medical applications. The growing number of medical data warehouses and repositories in military and civilian healthcare applications have proved challenging for useful application due to the sheer size and complexity of the knowledge-base (HighTechMaui 2002, Stratton and Dick 2002). Advances in graphical software development tools like Lab View and others has allowed development of soft-configurable display systems that simplify human interpretation in several ways. SGD development in the JMAR project will be another step in the evolution of complex medical information systems that can improve military and civilian medical supply logistics.
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2003. Proceedings of the 25th Annual International Conference of the IEEE; 10/2003
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ABSTRACT: Wound care technology is rapidly advancing, yet the treatment of
wounds remains as much art as science. Much of the data currently
collected on healing wounds is qualitative-varying by assessor and not
easily tracked over time. The purpose of this research project is to
evaluate several methods for quantitative wound assessment-wound volume,
wound area, and wound coloration. By comparing various assessment
parameters for the same patient population, conclusions can be drawn on
which information is most useful to the clinical community and which
information can be collected in a reasonable amount of time in the busy
environment of the health care clinic
Bioengineering Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the IEEE 28th Annual Northeast; 02/2002
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ABSTRACT: Apnea is a cessation of respiration. A system that uses vibrotactile stimulation to treat apnea in neonates was modified. Traditional (hand) stimulation, where the nurse stimulates the baby by hand contact, is compared to vibrotactile stimulation (VTS). Modifications and methods of conducting the clinical study are described
Bioengineering Conference, 2001. Proceedings of the IEEE 27th Annual Northeast; 02/2001
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ABSTRACT: Healthcare is an ever-changing environment, thus it is essential for each medical institution to be prepared to face and consequently conquer the future advancements in technology. This can be accomplished by careful selection of appropriate healthcare performance indicators to create a successful control system. In this project, statistical process control (SPC) principles incorporated into the virtual instrumentation (VI) application, using a programming environment, LabVIEW made it possible to develop such a control system. The designed system constitutes a comprehensive control system, which accomplishes three major goals: detection, location and assignment of causes of special, uncontrolled variation within a pre-specified indicator process
Professional Communication Conference, 2001. IPCC 2001. Proceedings. IEEE International; 02/2001
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ABSTRACT: This paper describes a non-invasive method for the accurate
determination of cardiac output and oxygen consumption, by using a
rebreathing technique. Other pulmonary function testing parameters, such
as lung capacities are also evaluated in the system
Bioengineering Conference, 2000. Proceedings of the IEEE 26th Annual Northeast; 02/2000
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ABSTRACT: Statistical Process Control (SPC) principles incorporated into the
Virtual Instrumentation (VI) application, using a programming
environment called LabVIEW, made it possible to develop a statistical
control system which has the capability of monitoring and analyzing the
pre-defined biomedical engineering indicator processes
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2000. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE; 02/2000
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Connecticut medicine 07/1999; 63(6):323-5.
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ABSTRACT: The present study was undertaken to develop an automated sleep
apnea control system that would awake an infant experiencing an apneic
event. At present, the method of alerting an infant involves stimulation
by the nursing staff. In our system, a vibratory stimulator is used that
will not endanger the safety of the infant, yet still provide an
effective stimulus. The preliminary results obtained from clinical
trials indicate that the vibratory stimulator meets all the requirements
for use as a safe, efficient means of apnea interruption
Bioengineering Conference, 1996., Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE Twenty-Second Annual Northeast; 04/1996
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ABSTRACT: The author describes an instrumentation package that has been
developed to collect data for the study of rowing biomechanics.
Currently, this system is interfaced with a Concept II rowing ergometer.
The system acquires and analyzes handle and footstretcher kinetics as
well as handle, limb segment and seat kinetics. Given these
measurements, a biomechanical model of ergometer rowing can be
developed. The author also presents representative data and results to
illustrate the application of this technology to rowing performance
assessment. Examples are drawn from a variety of different performance
levels
Bioengineering Conference, 1991., Proceedings of the 1991 IEEE Seventeenth Annual Northeast; 05/1991
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ABSTRACT: Premature infants are susceptible to apnea. Presently physical
stimulation, administered to interrupt apneic episodes, is accomplished
by hand contact, which is often delayed and presents infection risks.
This study developed a software system to collect and analyze data to
study the efficacy and safety of mechanical vibrotactile stimulation
(VTS) as a means of interrupting an apneic episode. This software system
was utilized to compare VTS (n=12) and hand stimulation (n=12). VTS and
traditional hand stimulation were found to be equally effective in
terminating apnea (9/12 (75%) vs. 10/12 (80%)). Mean time to resumption
of breathing from onset of stimulation was similar (VTS 3.1±2.6
seconds vs. hand 3.7±4.1 seconds, p=0.67), as was total apnea
duration (VTS 28.1±12.1 seconds vs. hand 28.5±5.2 seconds,
p=0.93). The duration of VTS was half as long as hand stimulation (VTS
2.9±1.7 seconds vs. hand 6.8±5.4 seconds, p=0.05). No
adverse effects of VTS were noted Overall, VTS was similar to hand
stimulation in its ability to end apneic spells. Since the duration of
VTS was half that of hand stimulation VTS seems more efficient in
interrupting apnea
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1997. Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference of the IEEE;
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ABSTRACT: Meconium aspiration syndrome occurs in 0.2% to 1% of all deliveries and has a mortality rate as high as 18%. The disease is responsible for 2% of all perinatal deaths. Meconium may be classified as being thick or thin, but this assessment is normally performed visually by clinicians. A "meconiumcrit" analysis has been developed to objectively define the concentration of meconium. However, this analysis does not provide real-time continuous readings. This study focused on the design and development of a sensor to provide an objective, continuous, real-time assessment of meconium thickness. Meconium has an absorption spectrum centered at 410 nm and observes Beer's law. Blue light centered at 430 nm was delivered through meconium solutions, and a photodiode translated the strength of the incoming light into a voltage. This voltage was analyzed by a microcontroller to determine the concentration of meconium.
Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology 35(1):46-56.
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Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology 34(2):99-104.
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