Remote Sensing of Vital Signs: A Wearable, Wireless "Band-Aid" Sensor with Personalized Analytics for Improved Ebola Patient Care and Worker Safety.

Steinhubl, Marriott, Wegerich

This wireless sensor technology, currently being field-tested in an Ebola Treatment Unit in Sierra Leone, monitors multiple vital signs continuously and remotely. When connected with enhanced analytics software, it can discern changes in patients’ status much more quickly and intelligently than conventional periodic monitoring, thus saving critical health care worker time and reducing exposure to pathogens.

Published in Global Health Science and Practice (2015)

Glob Health Sci Pract. 2015 Sep 15;3(3):516-9. doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00189. Print 2015 Sep.