| It has become a real challenge for healthcare | | | | which processes different information and |
| providers due to the increase in the | | | | disseminates them according to the various |
| population of elderly people, which has | | | | stakeholders, wherein the stakeholders |
| resulted in various chronic diseases. Health | | | | includes doctors, health insurers and |
| care industries are striving to meet this | | | | hospitals. |
| challenge due to the increased 300% per | | | | |
| capital spend over this. To overcome this | | | | The mobile device used here is a wireless |
| some kind of processing and streamlining has | | | | lightweight device attached to the patient, |
| to be done using mobiles for treating the | | | | which monitors the sign in real time at |
| patients. | | | | regular intervals. The monitored readings are |
| | | | sent to the mobile phones via Bluetooth or |
| The "tele health care" market has been | | | | WAN. The Bluetooth device is used because it |
| introduced to extend the healthcare beyond | | | | provides easy and robust connectivity. The |
| the walls of hospitals. The system must | | | | health care solution deals with the core |
| provide a method to monitor signs and | | | | technologies to build mobile infrastructure |
| transmit it to the hospital through a mobile | | | | to translate elements of health information |
| device. A large variety of such systems have | | | | architecture using secure mobile information |
| started to immerge in the market. Such | | | | into a new architecture making use of third |
| systems are fitted according to the need and | | | | generation mobile technology (3G technology). |
| orientation of the specific disease. Some of | | | | |
| them are of generic type, which could be | | | | The benefit of this kind of system is that it |
| integrated with medical sensors acting as a | | | | is, portable, easy to use. The readings taken |
| mobile front end. Hardware and software | | | | are very accurate. It simulates consultation; |
| manufacturers play a major role in tele | | | | both objective and subjective matter is |
| health care producing all kind of systems | | | | present. Patient information is generated for |
| ranging from stand alone Internet information | | | | health insurance and it is used for accessing |
| system to highly integrated medical sensors. | | | | the same .The mobile monitoring system is |
| Tele health care system provides a new | | | | customized to suit the individual needs of |
| business opportunity to these manufacturers. | | | | patients, along with which guaranteeing the |
| Mobile network operators show great interest | | | | best levels of accuracy, integrity and |
| in promoting tele health care system. | | | | security. Mobile phones when used as an |
| | | | access device offers critical healthcare with |
| The mobile health care system is made use in | | | | at most availability. |
| hospitals, public health care organization, | | | | |
| health insurance companies and in | | | | What kind of expert healthcare would be |
| pharmaceutical industries. The system | | | | provided to patients, which does not |
| combines network and wave devices and hence | | | | interrupt their daily lifestyle after so much |
| instantaneously stores the patient heath | | | | of cost, manpower and other implications are |
| data. The tele heath care system is unique | | | | provided? Without any hesitation the answer |
| because of the intelligent application layer, | | | | to the above is mobile health care system. |