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CS 8803 ICU Room of the Future<br />
<strong>Patient</strong> <strong>Connect</strong><br />
Challenges and Opportunities<br />
• We propose to further work with the nurse control system. We initially said that a nurse<br />
control interface would be provided to take care of emergency situations. However, there<br />
may be times when a nurse is not always present at the nurse station. In such situations,<br />
we propose to introduce timers in the nurse control system which will automatically shut<br />
down the cameras after a stipulated time in case the nurse is not around to do that herself.<br />
• We have made the patient interface as simplistic as possible. We further propose to make<br />
the interface even less complex by introducing touch gestures and integrating voice<br />
commands with the system. The interface will be installed close to the patient’s bedside<br />
and can be activated by mere voice commands and/or touch gestures with minimalistic<br />
efforts on the patient end.<br />
• The installation of web cameras in the patient room needs to be a done in a systematic<br />
way. We need to determine an optimum way for camera placement and location so as to<br />
have minimum interference with the existing hospital systems, routines and protocols.<br />
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