E-Health Presentation

WHAT IS E-HEALTH ???

•Healthcare practice supported by electronic Processes and communication.

•Improve Health Care System

•Higher Quality

–Storage and retrieve data

•Higher Efficiency

–EHR (Electronic Health Records)- sharing data between healthcare professionals.

–Telemedicine & Tele Health

–mHealth

•New Opportunities.

–Sensors

–Robotic Surgeries

–Remote Monitoring of implantable devices

CHALLENGES IN HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES

FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES

• Google Glass:

Google Glass is a wearable, voice-controlled Android device that resembles a pair of glasses and displays information directly in the user's field of vision.

•  Robotic surgery

Robotic surgery is a type of minimally invasive surgery. “Minimally invasive” means that instead of operating on patients through large incisions, we use miniaturized surgical instruments that fit through a series of quarter-inch incisions.

• 3d Imaging 

Medical imaging is the technique, process and art of creating visual representations of the interior of a body for clinical analysis and medical intervention.

• St. Jude Medical's Merlin Patient Management System

Monitor patient's CRM (Cardiac Rhythm Management) devices and transmit the device data to a Web application for nurses or doctors to see.

• Google's Diabetes Lens

Designed to measure the level of glucose in the wearer's tears and communicate the information to a mobile phone or computer

• Athos's Wearable Fitness Gear

Reads muscle effort , heart and breathing rates and sends actionable information to an iphone app for the user to exercise smartly.

TRENDS IN E-HEALTH

Changes in E-health model

New Needs ....contrasting changes

CONCLUSION