[Design of the Medical Digital Assistant for "bottom of the pyramid"]

Zhongguo Yi Liao Qi Xie Za Zhi. 2006 May;30(3):173-5, 172, 191.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

To meet the challenges such as raising the efficiency of medical resources, slowing the fastly-increasing medical costs and keeping the sustainability of the aging society and chronic diseases, this paper introduces a Medical Digital Assistant system for "BOP", which includes a mobile monitoring unit,a data transferring unit, and a managing unit, and presents the system's evaluating method. In addition, a new application model and the service workflow are discussed.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computer Communication Networks / instrumentation*
  • Computer Systems
  • Equipment Design
  • Hospital Information Systems*
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation
  • Rural Health Services
  • Software Design*
  • Telemedicine / instrumentation*
  • Telemedicine / methods