Healthcare Support through Information Technology Enhancements (hSITE)

通过信息技术增强医疗保健支持（hSITE） NSERC战略网络拨款的研究议程建议开发一个应用驱动的工程研究计划，设计新颖、先进的通信系统和基础设施，通过改进工作流程、患者护理和安全性来提高医疗保健效率。hSITE研究的目标是在无线通信、网络、中间件架构、定位技术和智能系统领域取得进展，目标是开发一种智能的、上下文感知的基础设施，无缝地跟随临床医生，集成到临床工作流程中，并提供智能、可靠性、易用性和灵活性，以满足临床环境的苛刻要求。该网络被划分为三个研究主题，这些主题由交叉的医疗保健环境联系在一起：主题1致力于确定需求；主题2侧重于用户界面，包括软件应用和传感器系统；主题3致力于开发能够满足hSITE应用空间要求的系统和网络架构。在hSITE内开发的系统将在演示和原型主题的背景下进行原型和评估。修订后的要求和设计建议将被确定为设计原型评估的结果。然后，这些信息将在主题之间进行交流，使用用户界面模型和原型作为技术和体系结构如何在工作流中向用户提供数据和信息的详细规范。拟议的研究结构旨在实现hSITE研究愿景的重点、连贯性和效率，同时在临床医生和他们的需求、工程师和他们的解决方案之间建立密切联系。

The research agenda of the Healthcare Support through Information Technology Enhancements (hSITE) NSERC Strategic Network Grant proposes to develop an application-driven program of engineering research to design novel, advanced communications systems and infrastructures to improve healthcare efficiency through improved workflows, patient care, and safety. hSITE research targets advances in the areas of wireless communications, networking, middleware architecture, location technologies and smart systems with the goal of developing a smart, context-aware infrastructure that seamlessly follows the clinician, integrates into clinical workflows and provides the intelligence, dependability, ease of use, and flexibility needed to meet the demanding requirements of a clinical environment. The network has been divided into three research themes linked by cross- cutting healthcare contexts: Theme 1 is dedicated to identifying the requirements; Theme 2 focuses on the user interface, including software applications and sensor systems; and Theme 3 is devoted to the development of systems and networks architectures that will be able to meet the requirements of the hSITE application space. The systems developed within hSITE will be prototyped and evaluated within the context of a demonstrations and prototypes theme. Revised requirements and design recommendations will be identified as a consequence of the evaluation of designed prototypes. This information will then be communicated among themes using user interface mock-ups and prototypes as a detailed specification of how the technologies and the architecture should provide data and information to users within workflows. The proposed research structure is designed to achieve focus, coherence, and efficiency in executing the hSITE research vision while establishing a close link between clinicians and their needs, and engineers and their solutions.