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The mobile phone: the future all-in-one medical device

Torbjorn Sund, Telenor R&D (Norway)

”Wireless hospitals”

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The mobile phone: the future all-in-one medical device

• At the scene of an accident

• Emergency calls in intensive care

• For hospital workers on the move

• Within telemedicine / teleradiology

• For home care workers

• During short-term follow-up on acute cases

• In long-term monitoring of chronic diseases

• For the supervision of people with dementia

• …

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Emergencies & (large) accidents

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Emergencies & accidents (ctd)

Site of accidentGathering pointAmbulance A1Ambulance A2Hospital 1Hospital 2Hospital 3…

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Post-operative surveillance

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ICU data on a personal mobile

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Hospital worker

• Mobile: - moves about at work, - accessible anywhere

• Communicates with:- Patients- Collegues- Data bases- Messages- Appointments

• Communication tools:- Beeper(s)- DECT phone(s) - PDA

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Patient calls

CALL TRANSFER

TRANSFER

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Telemedicine and teleradiology

From: Niinimaki J, Holopainen A, Kerttula J, Reponen J. Security development of a pocket-sized teleradiology consultation system. Medinfo, 2001.

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Acute surveillance:Arythmia detection

© Rune Fensli, Agder University College (Norway)

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Long-term monitoring of diabetes:Blood sugar measurement

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Pros and cons of the mobile telephone

• Screen and camera size/resolution more than adequate

• Powerful CPU, ample memory, even hard disk

• Network speed sufficient for most purposes

• Standards exist and are followed for hardware and communication

• Size and weight just acceptable

• Frustrating user interfaces, no standards, best suited for ”nerds”

• Battery life not satisfactory for heavy use (< 24 hours)

• Input techniques primitive, voice recognition missing

• Location (position finding) too low accuracy for most purposes

• but …

• … mobile telephony is a fast changing field !

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Thank you!

To know more:http://www.telenor.com/rd (general info about Telenor Research and Development)

http://www.telenor.com/rd/pub/rep05/R_6_2005.pdf (mobile phones in hospitals)

http://www.telenor.com/rd/pub/rep05/R_14_2005.pdf (patient signal project - in Norwegian)

http://www.wshc.no (wireless health projects)

contact: torbjorn.sund@telenor.com