Using a Policy Spaces Auditor to check for Temporal Inconsistencies in Healthcare Audit Log Files


Using a Policy Spaces Auditor to check for Temporal Inconsistencies in Healthcare Audit Log Files
Published in:	Innovation in Engineering, Technology and Education for Competitiveness and Prosperity: Proceedings of the 11th Latin American and Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology
Date of Conference:	August 14-16, 2013
Location of Conference:	Cancun, Mexico
Authors:	Tyrone Grandison Sean Thorpe
Technical Paper:	#24

Abstract:
In English: Every year, thousands of patients in Caribbean healthcare facilities are held in various departments for medical observation, which involves the monitoring of the patient’s physiological condition by medical staff, i.e. duty nurses and doctors. Patient monitoring is done manually and or using Wireless Body Sensor Networks (WBSN) that are pyhsically monitored by medical staff. In this paper, we propose a system for patient monitoring using Wireless Body Sensor Mesh Networks (WBSMN) that utilize Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) sensors for reading physiological parameters and positive patient identification. Intelligent Agents are proposed for querying sensor nodes, data aggregation and alerting medical staff of anomalous readings. A Cloud-based architecture is also proposed for supporting a community of healthcare centers and remote / mobile patient monitoring.