The hospital of the future- Smart Systems for safe acute care
The massive advancements in technology has not penetrated much into healthcare. True that extraordinary strides have been made in diagnostic, therapeutic and imaging systems. True that an amazing variety of passive and smart biomedical devices are alleviating the problems faced by people with failing internal organs. True that there is a dramatic increase in life span.
The down side is that though mortality is decreasing, morbidity is increasing. Few are in the pink of health. Lifestyle changes, cross cultural behaviour patterns and work place stresses (gyms at work not withstanding) are creating major health problems for the young and productive(?) workforce.
This is where IT can step in.
Massive amount of data is being collected at hospitals, but rarely processed meaningfully. The harried doctors give a cursory look at MRI, CAT, PET and other scans produced with enormous computing power. Smart built in expert systems can make life simpler for the consultant by intelligent analysis of these.
Too many invasive instruments collect data that can easily be collected non invasively. A case of less being more. Hospital infections can be minimised.
The massive data collected can be processed intelligently to help accurate acute care delivery.
Those interested can study this article and see how they can contribute to make for a sense of well being to the ailing many:
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The down side is that though mortality is decreasing, morbidity is increasing. Few are in the pink of health. Lifestyle changes, cross cultural behaviour patterns and work place stresses (gyms at work not withstanding) are creating major health problems for the young and productive(?) workforce.
This is where IT can step in.
Massive amount of data is being collected at hospitals, but rarely processed meaningfully. The harried doctors give a cursory look at MRI, CAT, PET and other scans produced with enormous computing power. Smart built in expert systems can make life simpler for the consultant by intelligent analysis of these.
Too many invasive instruments collect data that can easily be collected non invasively. A case of less being more. Hospital infections can be minimised.
The massive data collected can be processed intelligently to help accurate acute care delivery.
Those interested can study this article and see how they can contribute to make for a sense of well being to the ailing many:
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nitesh mishrasir , is it possible to produce robot doctors which are programed to test , analyze and prescribe the suitable medicines for minor diseases , so that we can use more man power on lethal diseases like AIDS , cancer ,etc. -
Ramani AswathWhat is currently being done is to build in expert systems into mobile health devices like blood sugar monitors, arrhythmia monitors, EEG and ECG systems so that remote diagnosis of life threatening stroke or cardiac problems are diagnosed and the information sent wirelessly to a specialist, who can act on the info at once.
Qualcomm, Freescale Semiconductors and Texas Instruments are quite active in developing devices/chips for this. The expert system with necessary algorithms has to be developed by end use device manufacturers with the help of clinical experts in each speciality. -
nitesh mishrahow can i play my part in it ? please advice .
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Ramani AswathDepends. What kind of course have you done so far? Is it mainly electronics and Instrumentation oriented or Biomedical Devices oriented?
You can take a job with some existing industry or a start up. If you are interested in R&D, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute at Trivandrum has extensive facilities for post graduate studies in Bio Medical Technology. Alternatively you can take a job and do product development. You can even take your own technology and start a business of your own later.
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nitesh mishrathank you sir . it will be very helpful for me .
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