mWard Project

mWard is a university and industry partner research collaboration. Wireless networks, hand held devices and associated applications are key emerging technologies. Within the healthcare setting, mWard is a series of inter-related projects investigating the implementation of such devices for patient administration. mWard's main partners are Monash University, Southern Health and NEC Business Solutions.

A current mWard project is being carried out at Monash Medical Centre, Clayton (Southern Health Human Research Ethics Committee (& Monash University) Research Project Application No. *04046A: Enchancing Patient Management And Clinical Systems In Hospital Ward Settings Using Mobile, Wireless Technologies) where wireless infrastructure has been installed and clinical staff are able to conduct their rounds with notebook computers or PDAs at the patients' bedside.

The research team assesses the acceptance of the new devices and applications by nursing and medical staff. Outcomes from this current project included a set of guidelines and techniques for introducing and managing technology-enhanced patient administration and clinical systems. The project is being assisted by an ARC Linkage grant, sponsorship and industry support from the above partners, and from Motorola (incorporating Symbol Technologies) and Tele-IP (incorporating Able Communications and Telenet Communications).

mWard brochure

Feel free to download the mWard brochure (pdf, 109kb).