Industrial Communication Systems

30-1

30.1 Introduction

Medicine, as a science, involves a complex and a sophisticated network of real-time communication

systems,

where

safety

and

security

issues

are

primary

concerns.

Aggregating

information

from

mul-

tiple

sources

is

essential

to

maximize

resource

usage,

formulate

accurate

diagnosis,

provide

adequate

treatment,

dene

management

plans,

and

grant

critical

clinical

monitoring.

e

availability

of

online

electronic

medical

and

health

records

promotes

the

coordination

of

care

and

the

integration

of

clinical

information

(e.g.,

laboratory

and

imaging

results).

To

harness

the

aforementioned

benets,

subsystems

must

be

interoperable, ...