Abstract
Benin health system is facing many challenges as: (i) affordable high-quality health care to a growing population providing need, (ii) patients’ hospitalization time reduction, (iii) and presence time of the nursing staff optimization. Such challenges can be solved by remote monitoring of patients. To achieve this, five steps were followed. 1) Identification of the Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) systems’ characteristics and the patient physiological parameters’ monitoring. 2) The national Integrated Patient Monitoring Network (RIMP) architecture modeling in a cloud of Technocenters. 3) Cross-analysis between the characteristics and the functional requirements identified. 4) Each Technocenter’s functionality simulation through: a) the design approach choice inspired by the life cycle of V systems; b) functional modeling through SysML Language; c) the communication technology and different architectures of sensor networks choice studying. 5) An estimate of the material resources of the national RIMP according to physiological parameters. A National Integrated Network for Patient Monitoring (RNIMP) remotely, ambulatory or not, was designed for Beninese health system. The implementation of the RNIMP will contribute to improve patients’ care in Benin. The proposed network is supported by a repository that can be used for its implementation, monitoring and evaluation. It is a table of 36 characteristic elements each of which must satisfy 5 requirements relating to: medical application, design factors, safety, performance indicators and materiovigilance.
Highlights
The health system in Benin faces several challenges including: (i) the need to provide affordable high-quality health care to a rapidly growing population, (ii) the reduction of hospitalization time for patients, (iii) and the optimization of the nursing staff presence time [1]
4) Each Technocenter’s functionality simulation through: a) the design approach choice inspired by the life cycle of V systems; b) functional modeling through SysML Language; c) the communication technology and different architectures of sensor networks choice studying
Our work aims at modeling an Integrated Patient Monitoring Network (RIMP) in the Beninese health system, through the use of wireless medical sensor networks in WBAN systems
Summary
The health system in Benin faces several challenges including: (i) the need to provide affordable high-quality health care to a rapidly growing population, (ii) the reduction of hospitalization time for patients, (iii) and the optimization of the nursing staff presence time [1]. In order to deliver good health care services to all the Beninese population, including the rural one, any health policy in Benin must consider the 5295 villages and city districts, which are organized in 546 boroughs, 77 communes, 34 health zones, and 12 departments. The new communication tools and the latest technologies of the Information and communications technology (ICT) world are appropriate to face such challenges. Among such technologies, our main interest lies in sensors.
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