scholarly journals Live tracking of saline for betterment of patient

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 178
Author(s):  
Sayli Anand Zende ◽  
Tanvi Kulkarni ◽  
Shubhada Yadav ◽  
Ajay Biradar ◽  
Avinash Devare
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Web Of Things ◽  
Current Health ◽  
Iot Platform ◽  
Alert Message ◽  
Level Monitoring ◽  
Lack Of Knowledge

In hospitals, Saline is fed to patients to treat dehydration and use of saline improves their health. In current health care measures, whenever a saline is fed to any patient, the patient must be continuously monitored by nurse, doctor or caretaker. So basically, in all the hospitals nurse or caretaker is responsible for monitoring of saline. Due to the avoidance of nurses towards the saline level monitoring or lack of knowledge it can harm to the patients health. Therefore, to stop the patient from obtaining injured and shield their lives throughout saline feeding amount, the saline level observance system are developed. The planned system is made Internet web of Things (IoT) platform. The planned system includes of devices which can act as tier sensor for observance the crucial level of the saline within the saline bottle. Whenever the amount of the saline reaches to the predefined crucial level, then the nurses, caretaker, doctors are alerted through the alarm associate in Nursing an alert message are sent through the utilization of web to the involved nurses and doctors that there's a requirement for replacement of the saline bottle. This planned system may be utilized efficiently in homes as well as hospitals.

scholarly journals IoT Based Electrolyte level Monitoring System

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 596-601
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Monitoring System ◽  
Critical Level ◽  
Initial Level ◽  
Patient Needs ◽  
Control Room ◽  
Current Health ◽  
Electrolyte Level ◽  
Load Sensor ◽  
Level Monitoring

In hospitals, Electrolyte is fed to patients in many ways. One of the important functions is in the form of saline to treat dehydration and thus improve their health. In current health care measures, whenever a saline is fed to any patient, the patient needs to be continuously monitored by a nurse or any caretaker. Monitoring the Saline level in a bottle attached to a patients’ body is one of the most important tasks for a Nurse/caretaker. In cases involving ignorance or carelessness, the bottle may get empty and blood can start flowing reverse into the bottle from patients’ body. This is a risky situation and needs a better solution. We are developing an IoT based bottle level monitoring system that will detect the saline bottle level at all instances and will send an alert to the hospital's control room in case the bottle reaches it's critical level(30% of initial level) and if there is no response and the level goes beyond 20% on initial level, we stop the flow. We are using ESP8266 Wi-Fi module for processing and communication and load sensor for detecting the bottle weight. The proposed system is not electrolyte specific and can monitor any fluid. A Dc Motor controlled- screw actuated clamp mechanism is used for stopping the flow

scholarly journals The Potential Contribution of Current Health Care Zeitgeists to the Success of Health and Wellness Coaches

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 456-458
Author(s):  
Jon P. Gray ◽  
Katherine R. Arlinghaus ◽  
Craig A. Johnston
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Behavioral Changes ◽  
Behavior Changes ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Health And Wellness ◽  
Self Monitoring ◽  
Current Health ◽  
Extended Care

Chronic disease is challenging to treat because treatment often requires lifestyle behavior changes. In recent years the use of health and wellness coaches (HWC) has emerged as a way to support patients making behavioral changes. The use of HWCs has resulted in improved management of chronic disease for many patients. The success of HWCs is often thought to be due to the extended care they provide and the behavioral modification techniques they promote such as goal setting and self-monitoring. This article describes how HWC’s conformity to the current health care zeitgeist of personalized, holistic care may be another reason for their success.

scholarly journals Prevalence of severe visual impairment and barriers to access eye care services in the Udupi district

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 343-355
Author(s):  
Lavanya G. Rao ◽  
Dushyanth Sharma ◽  
Sulatha V. Bhandary ◽  
Divya Handa ◽  
Yogish Kamath
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Visual Acuity ◽  
Confidence Interval ◽  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Eye Care ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Lack Of Knowledge

Aim: To assess the prevalence of severe visual impairment (SVI) and reasons for not accessing eye care services in a field practice area of a tertiary care hospital. Study design: Cross-sectional observational study. Materials and methods: Through a cross-sectional study using simple random sampling, a total of 1510, individuals above 18 years of age, from six rural and maternity welfare centers (RMCW) within a distance of 20 km from a tertiary hospital were approached. All participants underwent basic assessment of visual acuity, anterior segment evaluation using torch light, and answered a structured questionnaire on eye care. Results: Of 1510 subjects, 267 had SVI (defined as visual acuity < 6/60 either in one or both eyes) with a prevalence of 17.7%. SVI was higher among men and those above 60 years of age (52.8%). Significant association was found between barriers to accessing eye care facilities and lack of knowledge to access health care (p = 0.004), lack of financial support (95% CI, p = 0.006), and social reasons (95% CI, p = 0.028). Prevalence of SVI among diabetics was 32.7% as compared to non-diabetics (OR: 2.630; 95% confidence interval: 1.864–3.712), and among hypertensives was 34.61% as compared to non-hypertensives (OR: 2.836; 95% confidence interval: 1.977–4.068). Conclusion: In spite of being close to a tertiary care center, a prevalence of SVI in 17.7% of this population indicates a lack of knowledge regarding the importance of self-health care in subjects. This emphasizes the need to increase the awareness among the general public to access the ophthalmic health care facilities in order to improve the ocular health of the patients.

Postoperative Management after Assist Device Implantation

2019 ◽  
pp. 255-260
Author(s):  
Christoph E. Brehm
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Postoperative Management ◽  
Bleeding Complications ◽  
Health Care Environment ◽  
Care Environment ◽  
Current Health ◽  
Hemodynamic Optimization ◽  
Device Implantation ◽  
Ventilator Management ◽  
Icu Management

Post-operative ICU management of the MCS patient represents one of the most complex challenges in the current health care environment. With increasing experience, improvements in this arena have led to dramatic improvements in the outcomes of these patients. In this chapter, we detail several of the post-operative challenges in the ICU including ventilator management, bleeding complications, hemodynamic optimization, arrhythmias, and CPR.

Holes in the Health Insurance System-Who Lacks Coverage and Why

2004 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 390-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Hoffman ◽  
Diane Rowland ◽  
Alicia L. Carbaugh
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Insurance Coverage ◽  
Health Insurance Coverage ◽  
Health Insurance System ◽  
Major Health ◽  
Insurance System ◽  
Current Health ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Care Costs

Lack of health insurance coverage is a large and growing problem for millions of American families. Rising health care costs and economic insecurity continue to threaten the bedrock of the health insurance system - employer-sponsored coverage - while states’ fiscal situations and the escalating federal deficit complicate any efforts at reform. Providing health insurance coverage to the millions of uninsured remains a major health care challenge for the nation and understanding the current health insurance environment, who the uninsured are, and why they are uninsured is critical when considering health care reform. This paper aims to define the problem of the uninsured, providing an overview of the uninsured in America and the roles and limits of private and public insurance. Following this discussion, the paper describes the current health insurance environment and examines the prospects for improving coverage.

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