Global events over the past few years have disrupted how healthcare professionals approach the measurement and monitoring of a patient’s vital signs. New regulations around sanitation and the use of personal protection equipment pose a challenge to healthcare providers who require new methods to safely measure a patient's vital signs, or to triage patients in an emergency room situation faster.
Today, innovations in sensors, signal and image processing, and machine learning allow providers to use video analysis to measure vital signs such as heart rate, oxygenation, and respiratory rate. New methods for unlocking data from video are available, providing insights beyond what the eye can see, but also reducing the need for healthcare equipment such as wearable devices, thermometers, and other physical vital sign measurement gear.
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