The Journal of mHealth Vol 1 Issue 1 (Feb 2014) | Page 28

News Highlights from the 2013 mHealth Summit
Continued from page 25

invasive blood pressure (cNIBP)
technology, the ViSi Mobile System is the first body-worn monitor able to non-invasively measure
all core vital signs on a highly accurate, beat-to-beat basis.
Today, most patients who reside on general medical/surgical
floors in hospitals lack access to
continuous monitoring and instead receive infrequent vital sign
spot checks throughout the day
and night approximately every 4
hours.
To collect vital sign measurements
hospital clinicians must wheel
monitoring equipment from patient to patient and use various
tools, such as a blood pressure
cuff, and finger clip to obtain vital
sign readings at finite time points.
Patients often complain that the
process is disturbing, especially
to measure blood pressure with a
cuff, while clinicians must rely on
limited, sometimes hours-old data
to evaluate their patients’ health.
“Spot checks are labor-intensive
and analogous to driving a car and
opening your eyes every 4 hours
to make sure you are still on the
road,” said Gunnar Trommer,
Ph.D., Sotera Wireless vice president of marketing. “Potentially
dangerous patient deterioration
can o