Please check out the following link to the complete article: https://medium.com/@dahiesenff/vital-parameter-monitoring-alternatives-during-a-crisis-9fda55fc6e21
Abstract
We evaluated if smartphones can be employed in ICU and non-ICU environments to improve the working conditions of health care workers considerably during a crisis such as COVID-19.
Based on five qualitative interviews with medical personnel from Italy, Spain, and Germany we found that smartphones can be used most effectively for the visualization of vital parameters in improvised ICUs in minor overstressed hospitals due to a prevalent lack of centralized monitoring and relatively low staff stress levels. In this case, the data provided for the visualization is provided by professional measurement devices. However, the interviewees made also clear that lack of qualified personnel, equipment such as ventilators, and effective public health policies to stem epidemiological spread are the major threats to their working conditions.
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