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Remote Healthcare Applications With Smartphones In Developing CountriesJeffrey Tse
Mentors: Gloria Mark, Dani Massaguer
University of California, Irvine
Lack of Quality Healthcare Systems In Developing Countries
Shortage of medical professionals and hospitals
Patients must travel long distances to gain access to healthcare
Patients fail to receive continuous care
Communication issues often arise between the doctor and patients
Rise of Mobile Phones In Underprivileged Regions
2.2 billion mobile phones in the developing world in contrast to the 11 million hospital beds
Mobile phone technology has cheaper, more powerful, and more accessible
Mobile network coverage is becoming more widespread
Source: Vodafone Foundation
Adoption of Smartphones for Healthcare Applications
Smartphones can assist health professionals when diagnosing, treating, or monitoring a patient
Minimize patient traveling for health services
Storage and exchange of patient information
Avoid confusion or miscommunication between doctors and patients
Minimizing Patient Traveling for Health Services
Remote diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of patients via virtualized medical devices and smartphones
Virtualized Medical Devices: Portable biosensors that interface with smartphones
Smartphones act as a general purpose computing device
Integration of Portable Biosensors with Smartphones
Figure 2: AliveCor ECG
Figure 3: Withings Body Scale
Figure 4: Withings Blood Pressure Monitor
Storing and Transmitting Patient Information
Easy access and management of patients’ medical records improves quality and continuity of care received by patients
Exchanging of patient information with other clinics/hospitals and health professionals also improves quality of healthcare services
Preventing Communication Issues Between Doctors and Patients
3D avatars of the human body assist health professionals
An interactive avatar
Views of the different physiological systems of the human body
Avatar resembles patients’ body allowing doctors to pinpoint regions of pain felt by the patient by clicking a region on the avatar’s body
Interactive 3D Avatar of the Human Body
Figure 1: Google Body Browser
VirTelMed Smartphone Application
Development of an intuitive mobile healthcare application that incorporates biosensors and the 3D avatar to tackle existing healthcare issues in developing countries
Future Implementations
Social networking like feature to allow users to post health concerns/questions
Upload photos taken by smartphone camera to a private gallery
Testing
Affiliation with Global Medical Training connects us with physicians in developing countries
Joining GMT organized trips to underdeveloped countries
Recently received IRB approval to perform users studies here at UCI
Advisory board consisting of researchers and physicians all over the world
Global Medical Training
Conclusion
Adopting the use of smartphones for healthcare applications in developing countries has the potential to: Decrease traveling done by patients Improve informational continuity Avoid communication problems between patients and
doctors
Improves BOTH domestic health care systems as well as healthcare systems abroad
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