IoT MEMS: IoT-Based Paradigm for Medical Equipment Management Systems of ICUs in Light of COVID-19 Outbreak.

Abdulaziz Aborujilah,Abubaker-Eseddig Fathi Mahmoud Elsebaie,Shamsul Anuar Mokhtar

doi:10.1109/access.2021.3069255

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Abstract

Recently, COVID-19 has infected a lot of people around the world. The healthcare systems are overwhelmed because of this virus. The intensive care unit (ICU) as a part of the healthcare sector has faced several challenges due to the poor information quality provided by current ICUs’ medical equipment management. IoT has raised the ability for vital data transfer in the healthcare sector of the new century. However, most of the existing paradigms have adopted IoT technology to track patients’ health statuses. Therefore, there is a lack of understanding on how to utilize such technology for ICUs’ medical equipment management. This paper proposes a novel IoT-based paradigm called IoT Based Paradigm for Medical Equipment Management Systems (IoT MEMS) to manage medical equipment of ICUs efficiently. It employs IoT technology to enhance the information flow between medical equipment management systems (THIS) and ICUs during the COVID-19 outbreak to ensure the highest level of transparency and fairness in reallocating medical equipment. We described in detail the theoretical and practical aspects of IoT MEMS. Adopting IoT MEMS will enhance hospital capacity and capability in mitigating COVID-19 efficiently. It will also positively influence the information quality of (THIS) and strengthen trust and transparency among the stakeholders.

Highlights

In early 2020, the world experienced a deadly infectious disease caused by the coronavirus pandemic [1]
7) INPUT The framework in Fig. 4 outlines the data sources in Critical Care Information Systems (CCIS) and Management System (MEMS) systems. They come from three types of inputs: 1) Manual input which is usually entered by users; 2) Automated entry or data sharing where the required data is exchanged with other components in THIS such as Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Laboratory Information System (LIS), Picture Archiving Communication System (PACS), and Pharmacy Information System (PIS); 3) Data sources produced by IoT-based medical equipment (ICU devices) using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags that match the medical equipment and send data to MEMS or biosensors on wearable devices that monitor patients’ status to send the obtained data to CCIS
The accelerating change in healthcare systems due to the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for health sector automation

Summary

INTRODUCTION

In early 2020, the world experienced a deadly infectious disease caused by the coronavirus pandemic [1]. In the medical field, IoT technology seems to provide extensive applications towards customizing different tools and devices to meet healthcare requirements to strengthen the response of hospital information systems during the pandemic [14]. Utilizing this technology to control the outbreak has proved its efficiency in Wuhan, China, where drones were used for monitoring citizens to ensure impermanent quarantine in the Wuhan city and mask utilization [12]. The study will answer the following question ‘‘how to design an IoT-based theoretical and practical paradigm for managing ICU resources efficiently during covid-19 pandemic outbreak?’’. the rest of the paper is ordered starting from section ii that presents related work. section iii presents the study design of this model in Malaysia. section V discusses the proposed IoT MEMS dimensions while section v presents the research method. section vi discusses the proposed IoT mems and section vii contains the discussion. section viii outlines the conclusion and future work

RELATED WORK

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VIII. CONCLUSION AND FUTURE WORK