Transcript References - School of Information Technology, IIT kharagpur

TELEMEDICINE
SYSTEM
By
Prasad mane (05IT6012)
Contents
• Introduction
• Objective
• Technology
• Problems
• ICT-based solution
• Beneficiaries
• Requirements
• References
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Introduction
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ABREVIATIONS & ACRONYMS
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ICT
: Information communication and technology.
GSM
: Global System Mobile.
CDMA
: Code Division and Multiple Access.
F.O
: Fibre Optic.
ECG
: Electrocardiography.
Modem
: Modulator Demodulator.
PIR
: Patient Information Report.
VB
: Visual Basic
PC
: Personal Computer.
Transceiver: Transmitter and Reciever.
VSAT
: Very Small Aperture Terminal
s/w
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APNet
: Application Private Networks
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Objectives
• Main objective is
“Move the information, not the patient”
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• Some more information technology objectives.
• Corresponding telemedicine objectives.
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Information Technology objectives
IT1: Improve service and quality of the health services.
IT2: Improve productivity and efficiency in the health sector.
IT3: When meeting IT1 and IT2 the aspects of security of privacy
for the individual patient should be considered.
IT4: Use the opportunities of IT to distribute information to the
general public and the health care professionals and to
increase the level of knowledge.
IT5: Improve working conditions and personal planning for
healthcare professionals.
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Telemedicine system objectives
TM1: Patients should be treated as close to their homes as possible (IT1).
TM2: Medical expertise should be equally available independent of where
the patient lives (IT1).
TM3: The quality of medical decisions should be improved by making
existing information about patients more easily available (IT1).
TM4: Patients should get more information and better service (IT1).
TM5: The health services should improve efficiency and productivity by
reducing unnecessary administrative work such as retyping
information already existing in electronic form and by distributing
tasks between health care institutions and health care personnel
(IT2).
TM6: All exchange of information needs to take into account the aspects of
security of privacy for the individual patient (IT3).
TM7: Medical knowledge should be more easily accessible (IT 4).
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BENEFICIARIES
• Benefits to patient
• Benefits to expert doctor
• Benefits to referring doctor
• Benefits to people
• Benefits to government
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Technologies
• ICT-based mobile Telemedicine system.
• Fixed public phone telemedicine system.
• Web-based home telemedicine system.
• APNet-VSAT network telemedicine system.
• High-speed Broadband network systems.
more…..
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Problems
(in fixed public phone system)
• Less flexible.
• Deployment is difficult when disaster.
• Difficult for both in rural and urban in
emergency.
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ICT-based mobile
telemedicine system
Features
 Wireless technology
 Bandwidth independent
 Dual mode operation
• on-line mode
• indirect mode
 Variety communication technology
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GSM
CDMA
Fiber optics
Radio transceiver
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Figure 1: Mobile Telemedicine Unit
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Figure 2: Hospital / Doctor Unit
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Hardware
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A PC with normal specification.
A laptop.
Power source.
Printer.
Digital camera.
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Medical Equipmant
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Digital ECG.
Doppler Fetal Monitor.
BP checker.
Stethoscope.
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software
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Operating system : windows xp.
Nain program
: Delphi + VB.
Web server
: Apache.
Database Server
: MySQL.
Security software : firewall, antivirus.
Communication s/w :TCP/IP
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References
http://www.medisofttelemedicine.com/forpatient.htm
http://www.ibp-ran.ru/Products/teleECGprj.htm
http://web.idrc.ca/panasia/ev-81916-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
http://www.apdip.net/projects/ictrnd/2002/telemed
http://www.oki.com/en/otr/html/nf/otr-162-45-3.html
http://www.eurasiahealth.org/index.jsp?sid=1&id=8856&pid=8855
http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/issues/2002/04_02/stumpf.htm
http://telemedicine.sandia.gov/
http://www.amdtelemedicine.com/primer_2.cfm
Thank u
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