The medical and communications technology sector is the fastest growing sector in the last decade. Although the mating between the two sectors is recent, the prospects of it constitute an investment sector and an attractive field of work and research.
The United States spent more than $ 16.6 billion in developing the sector in 2012 alone and expects annual spending to increase to $ 34 billion this year.
This hatred for the development of this type of healthcare information technology (HIT)
Is not limited to the United States of America or to the developed countries, but is a global phenomenon and a vital area for the construction and development of health sectors around the world, including the developing world and rude under the infrastructure of dilapidated and budgets modest.
** But why this rush to invest in such a luxury?
A video tour of 2014's most spectacular medical achievements
1- (Telemedicine):
- Apart from the romance of clinical examination and the surrealistic scenes of a doctor who holds his hand and lies on his side, the face of medical work has changed over the past quarter century. The art of clinical examination has become closer to the movements of games of lightness to daily skills.
This may have happened as a result of two things: the first is the image and laboratory solutions for the clinical examination and the lack of clinical examination, which led to a decline in the ability of doctors to use in diagnosis. In addition, medicine is turning towards prevention and pre-symptomatic early diagnosis.
Thus, the pathological history, which the doctor receives from the patient through question and answer, is the most prominent role of the treating physician in addition to the medical decision and diagnosis. Today, the doctor can treat the patient through the telephone headset without even seeing it!
** But Malz makes this replaces the traditional style where the patient visits his doctor in the clinic for treatment?
The answer is that today's medical services cover far more than half a century ago, with the expansion of road and communication networks, the spread of health awareness and the importance of maintaining public health both in terms of development and economy.
2. Mobile Health - mHealth:
Mobile health is the latest development in the telemedicine sector. This wave began 10 years ago to transform every mobile phone and smartphone into a tool that serves the health sector.
Which makes this wave promising and appropriate is the spread of mobile technology and mobile networks in all countries of the world, even the poorest ones. In Kenya (46% below the poverty line), for example, 93% of the population has mobile phones, and mobile networks cover more than 90% of the uninhabited areas.
Thus, this widespread technology is gaining a more important role especially in places where infrastructure is weak.
Let us now review some of the ideas and technical solutions brought about by smart applications in the medical and health world.
1. Follow-up wounds remotely:
During the tragedy that struck Haiti after the devastating earthquake of 2010, surgical teams performed thousands of urgent surgeries. It is known that the most common mixing of wounds and injuries is infection.
As a result of the severe shortage of medical personnel and the result of the travel of many patients away from the places of hospitals and medical centers to help the affected people; the need arose to find an alternative to help track these patients and monitor the wounds.
A team of doctors in Florida has organized a program where patients or medical personnel periodically photograph wounds and send pictures to doctors. If the wound appears to be on the verge of inflammation, start antibiotics immediately.
In case of non-response, the patient is told to return to the hospital for further treatment. This simple technique has saved millions of dollars and saved many lives from deadly intermingling and has created a simple but creative idea for a "mobile camera" approach!
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2 - Hearing Audiology in Children Audiopulse:
In Brazil, the government estimates that 6% of children under three years of age have severe hearing impairment. Many of these children live in remote areas far from health centers. The loss of children's hearing may pass for years without diagnosis and is reflected on their growth and learning.
Therefore, a team of doctors and engineers developed an electronic application that displays different areas of sound and record the reaction of the baby. If the response is below the normal limit, the child is presented to the specialist and hearing therapy.
3. IAP:
As hearing loss the weakness of sight is affecting millions in the world every year. Another application from the Brazil team is to early diagnosis of poor vision of all age groups by displaying color images and recording the patient's ability to observe details.
The application also takes pictures of the patient's eyes enabling early diagnosis of glaucoma and cataracts.
4- Meradoctor:
There is not much creativity in the application, but it is integrated into the services it provides, and is directed to the financially capable. More than 40,000 people in Mumbai, India, have a medical service on their smartphones to talk to their doctors for advice without delay.
This service helps them remember the dates of the vaccines and visits and have applications that help to reduce weight and remind you to take medicine.
Where does the smartphone take us in the world of health?
Wherever we want, companies are working on the production of small portable devices linked to smart phones can do blood analyzes and perhaps genetic studies of patient samples, but it does not require complexity.
All you need is a simple idea that effectively serves a medical need. Do you have an idea of this kind? Let's work together if we make an application that exceeds all expectations !!
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