Patient tracking in a multi-building, tunnel-connected hospital complex
| dc.contributor.author | Trigo Vilaseca, Jesús Daniel | |
| dc.contributor.author | Klaina, Hicham | |
| dc.contributor.author | Picallo Guembe, Imanol | |
| dc.contributor.author | López Iturri, Peio | |
| dc.contributor.author | Astrain Escola, José Javier | |
| dc.contributor.author | Falcone Lanas, Francisco | |
| dc.contributor.author | Serrano Arriezu, Luis Javier | |
| dc.contributor.department | Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y de Comunicación | es_ES |
| dc.contributor.department | Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa, Elektronikoaren eta Telekomunikazio Ingeniaritzaren | eu |
| dc.contributor.funder | Universidad Pública de Navarra / Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa, PJUPNA29 | es |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-09-14T08:33:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-09-14T08:33:10Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Patients admitted to Intensive Care Units (ICU) are transported from and to other units. Knowing their location is strategic for a sound planning of intra-hospital transports as well as resources management. This is even more crucial in big hospital complexes, comprised of several buildings often connected through tunnels. In this work, a patient tracking application in a multi-building, tunnel-connected hospital complex (the Hospital Complex of Navarre) is presented. The system leverages Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) communication technologies, such as Long Range Wide-Area Network (LoRaWAN) and Near Field Communication (NFC). The locations of the LoRaWAN nodes were selected based on several factors, including the situation of the tunnels, buildings services and medical equipment and a literature review on intra-hospital ICU patients' trips. The possible locations of the LoRaWAN gateways were selected based on 3D Ray Launching Simulations, in order to obtain accurate characterization. Once the locations were set, a LoRaWAN radio coverage studio was performed. The main conclusion drawn is that just one LoRaWAN gateway would be enough to cover all overground LoRaWAN nodes deployed. A second one would be required for underground coverage. In addition, a remote, private cloud infrastructure together with a mobile application was created to manage the information generated. On-field tests were performed to assess the technical feasibility of the system. The application provides with on-demand ICU patients' movement flow around the complex. Although designed for the ICU-admitted patients' context, the system could be easily extrapolated to other use cases. | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This work was supported in part by the Project 'Arquitectura 'Internet of Medical Things' (IoMT) para la monitorización y gestión semántica de datos relativos a enfermedades cardiovasculares' funded by the Universidad Pública de Navarra under Grant PJUPNA29, in part by the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, Gobierno de España (MCIU/AEI/FEDER,UE) under Project TEC2017-85529-C03-3R and Project RTI2018-095499-B-C31, and in part by the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme (Stardust-Holistic and Integrated Urban Model for Smart Cities) under Agreement N. 774094. | en |
| dc.format.extent | 14 p. | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | J. D. Trigo et al., 'Patient Tracking in a Multi-Building, Tunnel-Connected Hospital Complex,' in IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 20, no. 23, pp. 14453-14464, 1 Dec.1, 2020, doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2020.3007593. | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1109/JSEN.2020.3007593 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1530-437X | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/40481 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en |
| dc.publisher | IEEE | en |
| dc.relation.ispartof | IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 20, no. 23, pp. 14453-14464 | en |
| dc.relation.projectID | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/European Commission/Horizon 2020 Framework Programme/774094/ | |
| dc.relation.projectID | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2013-2016/TEC2017-85529-C3-2-R/ES/ | |
| dc.relation.projectID | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/RTI2018-095499-B-C31/ES/ | |
| dc.relation.publisherversion | https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2020.3007593 | |
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| dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
| dc.subject | 3D ray launching | en |
| dc.subject | Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) | en |
| dc.subject | LoRaWAN | en |
| dc.subject | Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) | en |
| dc.title | Patient tracking in a multi-building, tunnel-connected hospital complex | en |
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