Referral patterns in a global store-and-forward telemedicine system

2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (2_suppl) ◽  
pp. 100-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Wootton ◽  
K Youngberry ◽  
R Swinfen ◽  
P Swinfen
Keyword(s):  
Telemedicine System ◽  
Referral Patterns ◽  
Store And Forward ◽  
Global Store

scholarly journals Arogyasree: An Enhanced Grid-Based Approach to Mobile Telemedicine

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sriram Kailasam ◽  
Santosh Kumar ◽  
Janakiram Dharanipragada
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Context Aware ◽  
Specialist Care ◽  
Telemedicine System ◽  
Remote Healthcare ◽  
Small Set ◽  
Store And Forward ◽  
Model Features ◽  
Scalable Internet

A typical telemedicine system involves a small set of hospitals providing remote healthcare services to a small section of the society using dedicated nodal centers. However, in developing nations like India where majority live in rural areas that lack specialist care, we envision the need for much larger Internet-based telemedicine systems that would enable a large pool of doctors and hospitals to collectively provide healthcare services to entire populations. We propose a scalable, Internet-based P2P architecture for telemedicine integrating multiple hospitals, mobile medical specialists, and rural mobile units. This system, based on the store and forward model, features a distributed context-aware scheduler for providing timely and location-aware telemedicine services. Other features like zone-based overlay structure and persistent object space abstraction make the system efficient and easy to use. Lastly, the system uses the existing internet infrastructure and supports mobility at doctor and patient ends.

EMERGENCY HEALTH CARE AND FOLLOW-UP TELEMEDICINE SYSTEM FOR RURAL AREAS BASED ON LABVIEW

2008 ◽  
Vol 20 (06) ◽  
pp. 365-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. M. Patil ◽  
K. Subba Rao ◽  
K. Satyanarayan
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Medical Personnel ◽  
Telemedicine System ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Specialist Doctor ◽  
Store And Forward ◽  
Patient Side ◽  
Remote Client

This paper presents the design and development of a prototype for remote ECG data transmission based on Internet-enabled health care services and telemedicine fundamentals. An ECG acquisition system developed by the authors is used to acquire the ECG signal in lead-II configuration from patient and store it in .lvm format in a PC interfaced to patient module through RS232. This unit (data server) on the patient side then transfers the data to a remote client (on doctor's side) using TCP/IP as network protocol on LabVIEW 8.20 environment. Using this device, a specialist doctor can telematically move to the patient site and instruct medical personnel when handling a patient. During the last years, more and more modern tools have found their ways to different tasks during the design, the realization, and data processing in the area of Internet access to the e-health services. The telemedicine system demonstrated in this work is a combined real-time and store-and-forward facility.

A cohort study of acute plastic surgery trauma and burn referrals using telemedicine

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 282-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
David L Wallace ◽  
Roger W Smith ◽  
Mark A Pickford
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Surgery ◽  
Day Surgery ◽  
Telemedicine System ◽  
Minor Injury ◽  
Queen Victoria ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Store And Forward ◽  
Burns Unit ◽  
Improved Accuracy ◽  
Valuable Role

A store-and-forward telemedicine system was used to supplement normal telephone referrals to the plastic surgery unit at the Queen Victoria Hospital (QVH). During a 12-week prospective study, 11 units (8 hospitals and 3 minor injury units) with the telemedicine system and 10 units (8 hospitals and 2 minor injury units) without it regularly made referrals (at least 10) to the QVH. There were 389 referrals from the telemedicine-equipped units and 607 telephone referrals from the non-telemedicine units. The telemedicine system was used for 246 of the 389 referrals (63%) made from telemedicine-equipped units. There was a significant difference in the management of patients when the telemedicine system was available, with more patients booked directly into day surgery and fewer attending for assessment. The burns unit and the day surgery unit demonstrated a significantly improved accuracy of triage. Telemedicine could have a valuable role to play in the triage and planning of acute plastic surgery referrals.

Referral Patterns for Youths Identified at Risk for Suicide by Trained Gatekeepers

Crisis ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Rodi ◽  
Lucas Godoy Garraza ◽  
Christine Walrath ◽  
Robert L. Stephens ◽  
D. Susanne Condron ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Service Access ◽  
Referral Patterns ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
Lee Smith ◽  
Prevention Behavior ◽  
Key Variables ◽  
And Gender ◽  
To Receive

Background: In order to better understand the posttraining suicide prevention behavior of gatekeeper trainees, the present article examines the referral and service receipt patterns among gatekeeper-identified youths. Methods: Data for this study were drawn from 26 Garrett Lee Smith grantees funded between October 2005 and October 2009 who submitted data about the number, characteristics, and service access of identified youths. Results: The demographic characteristics of identified youths are not related to referral type or receipt. Furthermore, referral setting does not seem to be predictive of the type of referral. Demographic as well as other (nonrisk) characteristics of the youths are not key variables in determining identification or service receipt. Limitations: These data are not necessarily representative of all youths identified by gatekeepers represented in the dataset. The prevalence of risk among all members of the communities from which these data are drawn is unknown. Furthermore, these data likely disproportionately represent gatekeepers associated with systems that effectively track gatekeepers and youths. Conclusions: Gatekeepers appear to be identifying youth across settings, and those youths are being referred for services without regard for race and gender or the settings in which they are identified. Furthermore, youths that may be at highest risk may be more likely to receive those services.

Experience of clinical testing of personal telemedicine system ‘Obereg’ for remote monitoring of patients in intensive care units

2020 ◽  
pp. 52-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. A. Eryomenko ◽  
N. V. Rostunova ◽  
S. A. Budagyan ◽  
V. V. Stets
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Remote Monitoring ◽  
Clinical Testing ◽  
Transportation Of Patients ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Telemedicine System ◽  
Accuracy Of Measurements ◽  
Hospital Equipment

The experience of clinical testing of the personal telemedicine system ‘Obereg’ for remote monitoring of patients at the intensive care units of leading Russian clinics is described. The high quality of communication with the remote receiving devices of doctors, the accuracy of measurements, resistance to interference from various hospital equipment and the absence of its own impact on such equipment were confirmed. There are significant advantages compared to stationary patient monitors, in particular, for intra and out-of-hospital transportation of patients.

Clinical approbation of remote monitoring in treatment of patients in hospital and home care for patients with limited mobility

2020 ◽  
pp. 44-49
Author(s):  
A. A. Eryomenko ◽  
N. V. Rostunova ◽  
S. A. Budagyan ◽  
L. S. Sorokina
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Remote Monitoring ◽  
Emergency Situation ◽  
Home Treatment ◽  
Clinical Testing ◽  
Telemedicine System ◽  
Medical Supervision ◽  
Limited Mobility

The article describes the experience of clinical testing of the personal telemedicine system (PTS) ‘Obereg’ for remote monitoring of patients with the consequences of severe conditions in leading Russian clinics. It is shown that such patients are at high risk of complications when transferred from the ICU to a normal ward with limited medical supervision and lack of instrumentation. The use of remote monitoring using the personal telemedicine system ‘Obereg’ allows to solve this problem. The results of the use of PTS ‘Obereg’ for the organization of monitoring in the home patronage of patients with limited mobility are presented. It is indicated that such devices should be used in an emergency situation similar to a coronavirus pandemic to monitor patients who are in infectious boxes and on home treatment.

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