On The Move Ultrasound Diagnosis Using PDA
Humayun Irshad, Sajjad Athar, Faisal Shahzad, Adnan Bashir · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · 2010
The situation of health care in Pakistan is below the international standards due to scarcity and unavailability of specialists. Moreover the patients do not have access to proper specialists because they live in remote areas and cannot afford the high ailment expenditures. The use of Information and communication technology in providing health care to the remote areas is getting popular in developing countries like Pakistan. One such system is deployed in Holy Family hospital Rawalpindi. This system has its sites in remote areas. Patients come to these sites and their data is automatically transferred to a server in the hospital. Doctors analyze the patient data along with live video of the patient and suggest a treatment for him/her. To use the doctors time in most optimum way, we proposed and developed a solution to view the ultrasonic images on the (Personal Digital Assistant, handheld mobile/computer) PDA screen. Doctors don?t need to be present in the lab where the system is deployed. They can view the ultrasonic images of the patients on their PDAs. Based upon their observation they can diagnose problems and suggest treatments.