In recent years the prevalence of cardiopulmonary diseases has increased, due
to a very busy lifestyle, poor nutrition and deterioration of environmental health
factors. At the same time 78 million Baby Boomers are becoming more
dependent on health services, increasing the number of people at risk.
These processes are putting great pressure on the healthcare industry, which is
facing continuous personnel shortages.
For patients, spending time at a hospital is always an intimidating experience,
involving expensive payments and huge waste of time. For insurers and
employers the medical care costs are unbearable. That's what makes
Telemedicine such a desired and powerful alternative.
Telemedicine, also referred to as telehealth, allows physicians and health care
professionals to use remote medical devices for the evaluation, diagnosis and
treatment of patients in distant or isolated locations. The devices are operated
through the use of telecommunications technology, network computing,
video-conferencing systems and CODECs.
Telemedicine is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. Its fast
progress derives not only from the increasing demand, but also from the fast
development of both the telecommunication and medicine fields.
The combination of improved medical knowledge and increased communication
capabilities lead to new innovative solutions and devices.
With advancements in medical devices, electronics, computers, and
telecommunications, home-based and mobile telemonitoring systems can now
acquire, record, display, and transmit physiological signals from the human
body to remote locations. At the same time medical and paramedical personnel
can monitor vital signs from any location, using portable devices and Internet
connections.
Telemedicine usually uses two main methods to transmit images, data and
sound. The first is live, real-time transmission of medical data. The medical
data is collected and transmitted during the examination of the patient.
The second is based on store-and-forward transmission, where the medical
data is asynchronous with its collection.
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Functional Diagram
E-Nova is definitely one of the most innovative Telemedicine applications in its
field. This tinny, yet smart wireless device uses the Telemedicine Technology to
detect preliminary symptoms of cardiac abnormalities and transmit them to
remote locations for immediate evaluation and diagnosis. E-Nova is actually
a life saver. |
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