e-Health function and
Applications
Dr. Anjalatchi Muthukumaran
Vice principal
Era college of nursing

As per syllabus
 Function and application of risk
management process

Function of E health
application

Content of the chapter
 Introduction
 NGN : Next Generation Networks
 QOS : Quality of Service
 Mapping
 Tele-Consultation
 e-Health Related services
 m-Health
 Disease Management Scopes
 Benefits and Challenges
 Conclusion and Future Scopes

Application of E health in health
care services

What is E health ?

e-HEALTH is defined as:
 Application of the Internet and other related
technologies in the healthcare industry to
improve the
 o Access
 o Efficiency
 o Effectiveness
 o Quality of treatment
 o Business processes utilized by healthcare
organizations, practitioners, patients and
consumers with the help of next generation
networks (NGN) to Improve the health status
of patients.

Definition of E -health

WHO defines
 e-Health as a e-Health is the cost
effective and secure use of
information and communication
technologies in support of the health
and health related fields including
healthcare, health surveillance and
health education, knowledge and
research.

What is E health

Important of E health

Area for application e health
 E health with OPD services
 E health with online registration
 E health with IPD services
 E health with investigation like radiology,
ultra-sonography, CT, MRI, PET etc,
 E health with consultation for various
speciality
 E health with robotic surgery
 E health endoscopy ,bronchoscopy/
laproscopy etc

Application of E health

Type of services includes

Continued
 E with health treatment ,
 E health with notification
 E health with tender for work
 E health with preventive measure
 E health with education
 E health with research
 E health with advance technology in
all the filed

Next Generation Network( NGN)
 NGN : Next Generation Networks
 With recent trends and technology
advancement in the development of
converged broadband next generation
networks (NGNs) and advanced
multimedia services, the potential has
increased in delivering of various e-
Health services to end users
“anywhere, anytime”.

Quality of Services (QoS)
QoS : Quality of Service
 The wide variety of e-Health services
impose different Quality of Service
(QoS) requirements on underlying
networks.

Quos Requirements for e-Health
Services
 e-Health Service Classification
 Multimedia Conferencing
 a) Still and Streaming Medical Images
 b) Transmission of Patient Vital Signs
 c) Tele-Robotic System
 d) Research and Education

Mapping of e-Health services
 Mapping in e-Health is a particular
service may comprise multiple media
types and traffic flows that may need
to be mapped to different areas where
the service is required.

Continued

Tele medicine

Tele-Consultation
 Tele-Consult or e-consult or Tele-
Medicine
 It involves real-time video
conferencing and streaming of ECG
signals between a patient and a
doctor.
 The service enables a patient or
doctor to initiate an e-consult session
using an appropriate research
prototype client service media

Images of telemedicine /consultation

e-Health Related services
 Index of available programs and
services.
 Calendar of events.
 Patient satisfaction surveys.
 Service provider directories.
 Patient e-mail services.
 Health news.

e-Health Related services
• Index of available programs and
services.
•Calendar of events.
Patient satisfaction surveys.
Service provider directories.
Patient e-mail services.
Health news.

m-Health
• m-Health includes the use of mobile
devices in collecting aggregate and
patient level health data.
• Providing healthcare information to
practitioners, researchers, and the
patients.
• It ensures a great support to the e-
Health programs.

E pharmacies

National E health Authority

Disease management scopes
 Health risks assessment
 Patient support groups
 Online discussion forums
 Moderated chat with guest experts
comprehensive patient education
 “Ask an expert” triage for patients
seeking medical advice
 Electronic newsletter subscription

Benefits of e-Health
 Improve communication among
healthcare stakeholders.
 Facilitate better decision support.
 Reduce medical errors.
 Enhance reporting capabilities.
 Encourage disease prevention and
wellness.

e-Health challenges
6 main areas of e-Health challenges
are...
 Information (Inaccurate and
Incomplete)
Human resources (Inadequate or
Brain- drained)
Infrastructure
Quality and security of data.
Financial and legal issues.
 Authenticity

conclusion and Future Scope
 Developed research and training in
this field.
 Working of Govt. And Private sectors
in a parallel manner.
 Prioritization of the information flow
with ICT.
 Public support.
 Advancement of technologies.
 Lead a long, healthy and a
prosperous life.

Conclusion
 1. The global eHealth market is estimated at US $310 billion by
2022, and is growing on every continent.
 2. The recent years have shown a tremendous growth in e-
healthcare, thanks to the ever evolving wireless and sensor
technologies.
 3. The relatively larger e-healthcare architecture has become light,
convenient and cost-effective with the advent of smartphones.
 4. With the available mobile and e-healthcare systems and devices
have drastically changed the nature of health management and
treatment.
 5. Looking forward to the future of mobile/ e-healthcare systems, it is
more than clear that IoT and smartphones with multi-functionality
medicinal feature will bring the intelligence, ease and smartness in
the global healthcare sector. “With the development of e-health and
wireless communication, the way in which doctors care for patients
will change dramatically and the role patients take in their own
healthcare will increase. Healthcare will become more personalized
through tailoring of interventions to individual patients”

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