Multi-purpose healthcare telemedicine systems with mobile communication link support

Kyriacou, E; Pavlopoulos, S; Berler, A; Neophytou, M; Bourka, A; Georgoulas, A; Anagnostaki, A; Karayiannis, D; Schizas, C; Pattichis, C; Andreou, A; Koutsouris, D

dc.contributor.author	Kyriacou, E	en
dc.contributor.author	Pavlopoulos, S	en
dc.contributor.author	Berler, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Neophytou, M	en
dc.contributor.author	Bourka, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Georgoulas, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Anagnostaki, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Karayiannis, D	en
dc.contributor.author	Schizas, C	en
dc.contributor.author	Pattichis, C	en
dc.contributor.author	Andreou, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Koutsouris, D	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:19:18Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:19:18Z
dc.date.issued	2003	en
dc.identifier.issn	1475925X	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/15412
dc.subject	Emergency health care	en
dc.subject	GSM	en
dc.subject	Satellite	en
dc.subject	Telemedicine	en
dc.subject.other	oxygen	en
dc.subject.other	ambulance	en
dc.subject.other	article	en
dc.subject.other	blood pressure monitoring	en
dc.subject.other	clinical protocol	en
dc.subject.other	consultation	en
dc.subject.other	data base	en
dc.subject.other	electrocardiography	en
dc.subject.other	emergency health service	en
dc.subject.other	health care delivery	en
dc.subject.other	health care facility	en
dc.subject.other	health care system	en
dc.subject.other	health center	en
dc.subject.other	home care	en
dc.subject.other	hospital service	en
dc.subject.other	image processing	en
dc.subject.other	information processing	en
dc.subject.other	intensive care unit	en
dc.subject.other	medical expert	en
dc.subject.other	medical information system	en
dc.subject.other	medical instrumentation	en
dc.subject.other	medical personnel	en
dc.subject.other	medical specialist	en
dc.subject.other	mobile phone	en
dc.subject.other	multimedia	en
dc.subject.other	non invasive measurement	en
dc.subject.other	oxygen saturation	en
dc.subject.other	patient monitoring	en
dc.subject.other	physician	en
dc.subject.other	rural health care	en
dc.subject.other	ship	en
dc.subject.other	standardization	en
dc.subject.other	telecommunication	en
dc.subject.other	telephone	en
dc.subject.other	temperature measurement	en
dc.subject.other	validation process	en
dc.title	Multi-purpose healthcare telemedicine systems with mobile communication link support	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1186/1475-925X-2-7	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-925X-2-7	en
heal.identifier.secondary	7	en
heal.publicationDate	2003	en
heal.abstract	The provision of effective emergency telemedicine and home monitoring solutions are the major fields of interest discussed in this study. Ambulances, Rural Health Centers (RHC) or other remote health location such as Ships navigating in wide seas are common examples of possible emergency sites, while critical care telemetry and telemedicine home follow-ups are important issues of telemonitoring. In order to support the above different growing application fields we created a combined real-time and store and forward facility that consists of a base unit and a telemedicine (mobile) unit. This integrated system: can be used when handling emergency cases in ambulances, RHC or ships by using a mobile telemedicine unit at the emergency site and a base unit at the hospital-expert's site, enhances intensive health care provision by giving a mobile base unit to the ICU doctor while the telemedicine unit remains at the ICU patient site and enables home telemonitoring, by installing the telemedicine unit at the patient's home while the base unit remains at the physician's office or hospital. The system allows the transmission of vital biosignals (3-12 lead ECG, SPO2, NIBP, IBP, Temp) and still images of the patient. The transmission is performed through GSM mobile telecommunication network, through satellite links (where GSM is not available) or through Plain Old Telephony Systems (POTS) where available. Using this device a specialist doctor can telematically ""move"" to the patient's site and instruct unspecialized personnel when handling an emergency or telemonitoring case. Due to the need of storing and archiving of all data interchanged during the telemedicine sessions, we have equipped the consultation site with a multimedia database able to store and manage the data collected by the system. The performance of the system has been technically tested over several telecommunication means; in addition the system has been clinically validated in three different countries using a standardized medical protocol. © 2003 Kyriacou et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.	en
heal.journalName	BioMedical Engineering Online	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1186/1475-925X-2-7	en
dc.identifier.volume	2	en