We study how instrumentation can be developed and applied for monitoring health conditions of patients and elderlies.  Our emphasis is in particular on bringing medical monitoring technology out of the hospitals and making it available at point of care and in the patient's own homes.  The knowledge contributes to reducing costs and making health care more efficient.  It also can improve quality of care by empowering patients to manage own health condition and allowing health care personnel to carry out more timely interventions. 

Projects are based on a holistic research approach that focuses on patient needs, and incorporates clinical care processes, how sensors and instrumentation can be designed and used to capture clinical information, how this is shared effectively in a health information system, and finally, how the total patient information is assembled and can be used to clinically understand the patient with assistance from multi-parameter decision support systems.

Contact person: Ingrid Storruste Svagård  

• Body-worn sensors
• In vitro diagnostic systems
• Sensors in clothing
• Ambient assistant living