Intensive care window: Real time monitoring and analysis in the intensive care environment

Abstract

This paper introduces a novel, open source software named Intensive Care Window, ICW. ICW enables communication with intensive care unit bedside installed medical devices over standard and proprietary communication protocol stacks, facilitates the acquisition of vital signs and physiological parameters exported from patient attached medical devices and sensors. Moreover, ICW provides run-time and/or post analysis procedures for data annotation, data visualisation, data query and analysis. The ICW application can be deployed as a stand alone solution or in conjunction with existing clinical information systems providing a holistic solution to inpatient medical condition monitoring, early diagnosis and prognosis. ©2009 IEEE.