Technology

"Wireless in the ER Waiting Room: Researchers in Boston Hope Wireless Medical Sensors Will Help Make Waiting in the Emergency Room Less Life Threatening"
(2006) Technology Review
Harvard Medical School and MIT are testing a "Scalable Medical Alert and Response Technology" (SMART) system to increase patient safety while patients are waiting in the waiting room. Patients wear a blood oxygen sensor and three electrocardiogram sensors which transmit to the nurses’ station via Wi-Fi.