This document discusses telemedicine, including its history starting in 1959, and types such as store-and-forward and interactive. It then summarizes an Indian telemedicine project called Sanjeeva that connects rural clinics to expert centers. The technological infrastructure used includes medical imaging software, network connectivity devices, and video conferencing. It proposes a store-and-forward telemedicine model for Nepal to address health issues, describing the problems and a potential procedure. Finally, it outlines the works of Mahabir Pun who started telemedicine projects connecting remote areas in Nepal to hospitals in Kathmandu.
2. Introduction
Telemedicine
delivery of health care services using ICT for DTPRE
Started in 1959 at University of Nebraska College
of Medicine
Types
Store and Forward
Remote Monitoring
Interactive
Minimum disadvantages
3. Introduction
Objectives and Research
Objective Research methodology
Research one of the Secondary Source
Indian projects
Most of data from web
Prepare a proposal
about Telemedicine in
Nepal
Find Mahabir Pun’s
activity
4. Indian Project
Sanjeeva
Indian telemedicine project run by Care hospital
with collaboration of:
Andhra Pradesh Vaidhya Vidhana Parishad
Karishma Software Ltd
Siemens and Philips
Service provided to Mahaboobnagar of Andhra
Pradesh
5. Indian Project
Process
Network
PHC Expert Center
Patients Receiving
PHC Doctors Equipments
Equipments Experts
6. Indian Project
Technological Infrastructures
Software Hardware
Medical Imaging Network
Data Transfer to the Connectivity
Expert Center Devices
Video Conferencing Computer Systems
User Registration Medical Equipment
and Maintenance
Voice and Video
Billing Output Devices
7. Proposal For Nepal
Problem
Nepal with GNP $300, GNI $1180, literacy rate of
50%
Prevalence of different diseases in Nepal
Telemedicine, one of the attractive way
Store-and-forward ,the best alternative amongst
the telemedicine
8. Proposal For Nepal
Problem
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16 60
14 50
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10 40
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Distribution of cause of Death in Causes of death (2008, WHO)
children under 5 (2008, WHO)
9. Proposal For Nepal
Procedure
Communication Server Communicatio
Devices (Registration n Devices
, Storage)
Video and
Audio
Conference
Video and
Audio
Conference
Medical Expert
Equipment Patients Doctors
10. Telemedicine in Nepal
Works of Mahabir Pun
Nepali teacher, and president of ENRD
started Wireless Networking project in remote
areas of himalayas
Started telemedicine in Nangi, Ramche and Tikot
Connection of Kathmandu Model hospital and
Gaurishankar Hospital, Dolakha under his
leadership