3. COMMUNICATION TOOLS GUIDE
LEARNING
CT tools can be used to
find, explore, analyze,
exchange and present
information responsibly and
without discrimination. ICT
can be employed to give
users quick access to ideas
and experiences from a
wide range of people,
communities and cultures
4. AN EXAMPLE—TECHNOLOGY OF STEPHEN
HAWKING’S WHEELCHAIR
uses computer based
communication using Intel i7 core
processor and Intel solid state 520 series.
interface to the computer is EZ keys
program which provides a keyboard on
screen, where a cursor automatically
scans the keys and stops with his cheek’s
movement
when he has build the sentence, then
speech synthesizers work to voice his
words.
various facial recognition systems
and brain controlled interfaces can
be used in order to improve the
communication speed.
6. WEB BASED
SUPPORT/DIAGNOSIS
We may find symptoms diagnosis on the web.
Information is available about treatments and
alternative therapy.
Support groups for people suffering from
particular condition
Access to research and medical journals
The best example of this can be VisualDx which is a
unique clinical decision support system that delivers
diagnostic answers where and when physicians need
them. WebMD is a android based application
(requires data connectivity) used to educate people
about health problems.
7. E-MEDICINE
Online clinical medical
knowledge base found in 1996
By Scott Plantz and Richard
Lavely.
Website easily searchable by
Keywords and consists of 6800
Articles updated yearly.
Each article is authored by
board certified specialists.
The article's authors are
identified with their current
faculty appointments
8. E-LEARNING AND 3-D
IMAGING
Although
underemployed in most
medical faculties, it
represents the future of
initial and continuous
medical training. Virtual
resources and
communities,
simulations and 3D
animations.
9. NEW ERA IN MEDICINE: WIRELESS
MEDICAL DEVICES
Digital age is changing the nature of health care delivery.
Capitalizing new medical technologies that will improve
care and lower costs.
They can be either implanted on the body and used as
an external devices.
Formers controls and monitors heart rhythms, monitor
hypertension, electrical stimulation of nerves, glaucoma
sensors and cranial pressures etc.
Latter assists the movements of artificial limb and acts
as a miniature base station for transmission an
collection of various physiological parameters.
10. ADVANTAGES OF WIRELESS REVOLUTION
Many products that were once tethered to patients,
positioned next to hospital beds and located at a nurses' station
are now transportable
By incorporating a wireless protocol such as 802.11b into a
patient monitor, a patient can leave their hospital bed while
still having their vital signs continuously monitored through
the hospital's access points
Allowed at-home patient monitoring, minimising patient
trips to the hospital and saving valuable hospital space.
Quicker diagnosis via telemetry saves the time.
Bluetooth a low power, point-to-point protocol in medical
space, enables increased patient mobility and gives healthcare
professionals easier access to patient data. A good example is a
wireless electrocardiogram
An 802.11b
compact flash
card designed by
Plexus. The
802.11b protocol
is the most
common
wireless network
deployed in
hospitals
11. WIRELESS MEDICAL
TELEMETRY
use of telecommunication and
IT in order to provide
clinical health care at
a distance
permit communications
between patient and
medical staff , as well as the
Transmission of medical, imaging
and various body vitals data from
one site to another
Recent forms of telemedicine is
achieved with videotelephony,
and advanced
diagnostic methods.
NASA first employed telemetry
to monitor astronauts
Wireless medical telemetry transmits
physiological data from patient to
computer.
12. FDA : Food and Drug
administration
FCC : Federal communication
commission
CMS :Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid services
13. CATEGORIES OF WIRELESS MEDICAL
DEVICES
SHORT RANGE MEDICAL DEVICES:
Transmit data from the patient to a local receiver/monitor.
The receiver may or may not be connected to a central monitoring station.
14. Medical Body Area Network
Measure physiological
information and performs
diagnostics and theraptic
actions using EM signals.
Operates in the range of
2360-2400MHz
Operates a distance up to
few feet
15. INDUCTIVE IMPLANT
Historically, these
devices have been
used to control cardio
activity
Operate in the bands
below 200kHz.
Communicates at a
distance less than a
feet from the patient.
16. BLUETOOTH,WI-FI AND ZIGBEE
Unlicensed technologies used commonly with cell phones, PCs and
held devices, can also be used for body worn medical devices.
These devices operate in 2400-2483.5 , 902-928, 5725-5850 MHz
bands respectively
These operate at a distance up to few hundred feet .
18. LONG RANGE MEDICAL TELEMETRY
Transmits patient’s data directly to remote
monitoring location.
WIRELESS MEDICAL TELEMETRY
Uses unlicensed spectrum to communicate
data from body sensors to remote monitoring
locations.
Operate in various bands between 6001432MHz at a distance up to several 100 feet.
WiMAX
Often referred to as last mile broadband
access technology
Provides 70Mbps broadband at distance over
several kilometre
Based on IEEE 802.16 standard and uses
around 2.5GHz in US
20. ICT changing the future of
Health
The key developments in
health care in last 25 years
is the incursion of
information and
communications
technologies . ICT has
changed the ways in which
medicine is practiced and
taught.
Notas do Editor
Information technology (also referred to as IT) is the application of computers and telecommunications equipment to store, retrieve, transmit and manipulate data,[1
VisualDx is a unique clinical decision support system that delivers diagnostic answers where and when physicians need them. VisualDx combines high-quality, peer-reviewed medical images and concise, actionable information to support today's busy physicians in the accurate recognition and management of disease. Health care professionals can input visual clues, symptoms, and patient history to help make the correct diagnosis and avoid costly and dangerous errors at the point of care. Watch and see how VisualDx clinical decision support can make an impact on diagnostic accuracy, patient engagement, and meaningful use at your institution. WebMD is a android based application (requires data connectivity) used to educate people about health probs.
Wireless technologies are bringing about dramatic improvements in the quality of healthcare by allowing patients unprecedented mobility while providing healthcare professionals with easy access to patient data.
Over the last decade, there has been a radical shift from wired to wireless medical devices. Even in its early stages, this revolution is improving patient care and bringing innovative products to market. Plexus, the product realisation company, provides both product development and manufacturing services to a wide variety of medical device OEMs. Plexus plays an integral role in helping its customers bring these new products to market and then manufacture them.
PATIENT AND DATA MOBILITY
By incorporating wireless technologies into medical products, many products that were once tethered to patients, positioned next to hospital beds and located at a nurses' station are now transportable. This has allowed two major healthcare improvements.
First, it has increased patient mobility, both at the hospital and at home. By incorporating a wireless protocol such as 802.11b into a patient monitor, a patient can leave their hospital bed while still having their vital signs, including blood pressure, electrocardiogram and temperature, continuously monitored through the hospital's access points. As an added benefit, a patient can be tracked through the hospital.
The development of less invasive monitoring and treatment methods for common diseases has also improved patient mobility. Innovations have allowed at-home patient monitoring, minimising patient trips to the hospital and saving valuable hospital space. The continuous monitoring of patient data at home improves compliance by operating independently of the patient's efforts. For example, there are now implantable devices that monitor glucose levels without a patient having to puncture themselves with needles several times a day. The resulting data can be transmitted to a networked computer in the patient's home, allowing a healthcare professional to monitor the patient data without the patient having to set foot in a hospital.
The second improvement is that healthcare professionals now have real-time access to patient data throughout hospitals. Caregivers can monitor their patients and retrieve patient data on handheld devices at the patient's bedside. Timely access to patient data allows doctors to make immediate critical care decisions and perform administrative tasks such as gathering patient notes and writing prescriptions. Even critical life-sustaining devices, such as pacemakers, can now be checked by doctors using wireless telemetry. Quicker diagnosis via telemetry reduces the time a patient spends in hospital undergoing regular checkups and allows the doctor to react more rapidly to any patient problems.
BLUETOOTH BENEFITS
Bluetooth is the most recent wireless protocol in the medical space. As a low-power, point-to-point protocol with an accepted international standard, Bluetooth enables increased patient mobility and gives healthcare professionals easier access to patient data. Bluetooth was designed to allow small groups of up to eight devices communicate with each other over a Personal Area Network (PAN). These ad hoc networks, called piconets, have the potential to make the seamless integration of all key medical equipment in hospital rooms and at home possible. Patient privacy can easily be designed into products, since Bluetooth supports many security features, including password protection and encryption.
A good example of a product that Bluetooth makes possible is a wireless electrocardiogram. Each patient lead can be designed as a separate battery-powered Bluetooth device that communicates with a battery-powered Bluetooth-enabled patient monitor. That patient monitor, which also communicates with the hospital's 802.11b network, continuously sends the electrocardiogram data to the network. Meanwhile, the doctor can monitor this data from anywhere in the hospital using his handheld PDA, thereby completing the entire electrocardiogram monitoring process without a single wire.