MiTAG
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The miTAG platform is a collaboration between Harvard, Johns Hopkins University, Washington Hospital Centre and Aid Networks. It is an out-of-the box emergency response system that automatically tracks patients throughout each step of the disaster response process, from disaster scenes, to ambulances, to hospitals. The miTag platform supports a variety of sensor add-ons including GPS, pulse oximetry, blood pressure, temperature, ECG and relays data over a self-organizing wireless mesh network. Scalability is the distinguishing characteristic of miTag; its wireless network scales across a wide range of network densities, from sparse hospital network deployments to very densely populated mass casualty sites.
Pilot Results – The miTAG platform was piloted in two different scenarios in Washington and compared against the traditional paper-based triage system for emergency response. Pilot 1 – Emergency response to mass car crash situation with 22 patients. Results showed that the miTAG system greatly improved information flow between emergency responder centres (hospitals and police). It also showed that patient vital information was available to the response centres, twice as frequently as traditional paper-based methods (thus freeing the responders to provide care). The availability of more information and in a timely manner allowed decisions to be made better such as priority and routing to various care centres. Pilot 2 – To test the system in an interference-rich environment, the miTAG system was tested inside 3 different units within the Burns Centre at Washington Hospital Centre, one patient in each department was monitored for five days. No adverse results resulting from interference were reported.
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