Introduction
- J.Janet
Prof. T.R.Natesan
Telemedicine or “medicine at a distance” is also defined as the integration of telecommunications, information, human-machine interface, and medical care technologies for the purpose of enhancing the delivery of health care. This includes the transfer of basic patient information over computer networks, the exchange of images such as radiographs or pathologies among geographically separated specialists, remote patient interviews and examination through videoconferencing and remote monitoring, and educational activities. Telemedicine can be defined as the integration of telecommunication, information, human-machine interface and medical care technologies for the purpose of enhancing the delivery of health-care. This includes the transfer of basic patient information over computer networks, which promote remote patient interviews and examination through videoconferencing.
The diagnosis of illness involves two basic tasks: Collection of information about the patient, and the analysis of that information to arrive at a conclusion about the cause of the illness. In this model, information about the patient is collected and the signals as well as the virtual instrument and its signal processing capabilities are sent through the Internet to the medical centre where the analysis is done and suitable medical recommendations are provided by the physician at the remote medical centre.
The advances made in the field of biomedical engineering, has lead to the development of more accurate biomedical instrumentation to measure vital physiological parameters and the development of interdisciplinary to fight the effects of body malfunctions and diseases. This paper aims in developing a web-based multifunctional virtual instrument, which can be transmitted over the Internet along with the patient’s medical records. In addition, telemedicine allows the use of modern telecommunications and information technologies for the provision of clinical care to individuals at remote areas and the transmission of information to provide that care.
The rest of the paper is organized into 6 sections. Section 2 covers the justification of need phase. Section 3 gives the benefits of applying telecommunications to health care and Section 4 gives a description of the proposed system. Section 5 gives the flowcharts and Section 6 explains the design phase.
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