Mobile ECG device, data collection and information processing (mECG solution)

数以百万计的加拿大人将在他们的一生中连接到心电图机（ECG）。有趣的是，无论是在医生办公室、救护车、急诊室还是门诊，今天的临床级心电图“静置”系统仍然有一个共同的特点——它们笨重而笨重。提供“离家更近”的护理和“社区护理”是卫生服务提供的新口号。可悲的现实是，当今最有用的诊断工具之一——心电图——的设计不足以支持家庭护理或社区护理。即使是商业上可用的基于pc的解决方案，旨在减少专用ECG系统的重量，仍然需要庞大的线束、专有协议和仔细的电源管理。同样有问题的是，许多系统仍然依赖于冗长的纸质打印输出，虽然易于“阅读”，但对数字数据管理构成了障碍。鉴于微控制器架构的进步和强大的移动平台的普及，现在是全面反思心电图数据收集过程的最佳时机。该项目与加拿大一家主要诊断实验室合作，将对下一代临床级移动ECG数据收集设备进行原型设计和测试，这种设备专门设计用于“离家更近”的地方。利用无处不在的移动技术进行信号采集分析和传输，利用微架构进行线束设计，下一代ECG将允许在使用传统技术无法访问或不切实际的环境中进行可靠的数据收集。心电图设备市场规模巨大，据估计全球市场规模超过50亿美元。所有分析人士都认为，随着人口老龄化，市场将会增长。我们的行业合作伙伴处于这一增长的前沿，并证实使用mECG设备将带来显著的效率和效益。我们的行业合作伙伴不仅致力于促进现场开发，而且还致力于将产品投入商业使用。预计项目的主要成果是提高患者满意度，提高护理质量，减少周转时间和医疗保健成本，并改善患者预后。创新的移动能够为更多的患者提供服务，这些患者目前由于固定的心电图机和固定的心电图服务而无法得到适当的诊断和治疗。此解决方案将提供所需的移动性，以便将服务的供应转移到需要的地方。

Millions of Canadians will be connected to an electrocardiogram (ECG) machine during their lifetime. What's interesting is that whether found in a doctor's office, an ambulance, an emergency room or an outpatient setting, today's clinical grade ECG "resting" systems still share one common attribute - they are clumsy and bulky. Providing care "closer to home", and "care in the community" are the new mantra of health service delivery. The sad reality is that the design of one today's most useful diagnostic tools - the ECG - is ill equipped to support either care in the home or care in the community. Even commercially available PC-based solutions designed to reduce the heft of dedicated ECG systems still require bulky wiring harnesses, proprietary protocols, and careful power management. Equally problematic is that many systems still rely on lengthy paper printouts that, while easy for "reading", present barriers for digital data management.Given advances in microcontroller architectures and the pervasiveness of powerful mobile platforms, never has the time been better for a wholesale rethink of the ECG data gathering process. In partnership with a major Canadian diagnostic laboratory, this project will prototype and test a next generation clinical grade mobile ECG data collection device - one expressly designed for use "closer to home." Levering pervasive mobile technologies for signal acquisition analysis and transport, and micro-architectures for harness design, this next generation ECG will allow reliable data collection in settings that were either inaccessible or impractical using traditional technologies.The market for ECG devices is significant with some estimates suggesting a global market of over $5 billion. All analysts agree that with an aging population, the market will grow. Our industry partner is at the forefront of that growth, and confirms significant efficiency and effectiveness benefits will accrue from the use of an mECG device. Our industry partner commits to not only facilitating field development, but to also move the product into commercial use.The main outcomes of project are expected to improve patient satisfaction, increase quality of care, reduce turn-around times and cost to healthcare, and improve patient outcomes. The innovative mobile tion the ability to serve more patients who are not currently able to get appropriate diagnosis and treatments due to the fixes ECGs machines and hence fixed ECG services. This solution will provide the required mobility so the provisioning of services is moving to where the need is.