Location-aware fall detection system for medical care quality improvement

Chih Ning Huang*, Chih Yen Chiang, Jui Sheng Chang, Yi Chieh Chou, Ya Xuan Hong, Steen J. Hsu, Woei Chyn Chu, Chia Tai Chan

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Falls are one of the most common adverse events in hospitals and fall management remains a major challenge in the medical care quality. Falls in patients are associated with major health complications that can result in health decline and increased medical care cost. To deliver medical care in time, reliable location-aware fall detection is needed. In this paper, we propose a patient alert alarm for fall management. It is ZigBee-Based location awareness fall detection system that provides immediate position information to the caregivers as soon as the fall happened. Obviously, the integration of location awareness and fall detection technologies fulfills the requirements of delivering critical information to relative professions and improve the medical care quality.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication3rd International Conference on Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering, MUE 2009
Pages477-480
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Event3rd International Conference on Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering, MUE 2009 - Qingdao, China
Duration: 4 Jun 20096 Jun 2009

Publication series

Name3rd International Conference on Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering, MUE 2009

Conference

Conference3rd International Conference on Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering, MUE 2009
Country/TerritoryChina
CityQingdao
Period4/06/096/06/09

Keywords

  • Fall detection
  • Location-aware
  • ZigBee

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