Digitisation in the healthcare sector via wireless measurements

One way to solve this is by using wireless medical equipment that can make direct measurements. Wireless equipment is already used for home monitoring of citizens with chronic diseases such as COPD and heart failure, but wireless equipment that can automatically transfer data to the patient record has not been used at the hospital until now.

In order for data to be displayed in the patient record, it must first be stored in the Region of Southern Denmark’s platform for medical data from bed sections, the Medical Device Integration System (MDIC). However, it has proved challenging to find measuring equipment that can transfer data to MDIC without third-party software converting it to the correct data format. The use of third-party software incurs additional costs and also means that an external company handles patient data.

AIM

OUH has purchased personal scales, which have the ability to send wireless data in the correct format to the MDIC platform and later to the IT system EPJ Syd, eliminating the use of third-party software. This project will therefore investigate whether the personal scales are a good starting point for a further roll-out of wireless measuring equipment internally at OUH.

The project will test how MDIC and EPJ Syd handle wireless data from medically approved equipment, and in addition investigate whether the measuring equipment can be used without the staff being present. This will create improved workflows for staff who will have more time for other tasks, and will be particularly beneficial at New OUH, where remote monitoring will become a necessity due to single-bed patient rooms.

PARTNERS

The project is anchored in the Department of Gastroenterology at OUH and is a collaboration with the Medicotechnical Department in the Region of Southern Denmark, the MDIC administration, Cambio and CIMT.

EXTERNAL FUNDING

The project is funded by OUH’s Innovation Pool.

The project is anchored in the Department of Gastroenterology at OUH.