Physiological Data Stream from Monitoring System in Intensive Care Unit

In this paper, we propose a new system that takes profits of data stream technology. It aims to collect and store data arriving from monitoring system in intensive care unit (ICU). Then, it makes it available for the medical staff to analyze data and take the appropriate treatment for patients. In fact, monitoring system in ICU provides a large amount of data rapidly and continuously. Most of devices work with a very limited storage capacity which can make data available for only a limited time. To avoid loosing data, medical staff takes note from monitoring devices each time interval then, stores it using computer. However, the decisions taken by doctors can be influenced by the level of consistency of the collected data. In some cases, these decisions can be inaccurate especially if important information are not saved and ignored. Our proposed system improves the quality of monitoring by processing the monitor data at real time. It collects and stores all data reported from the monitoring devices avoiding the loss of important information. The new system will make data available for medical staff in order to provide a better care for patients.