Telemedicine Applications to Home-based care.pdf

Quanhua Lu University of Maryland Qlu2@ 1 Outline • Project aims • Significance • Experimental Design • Human factors • Future Steps 2 Specific Aims • Telemedicine heightened consumer satisfaction and physical and psychological well-being. • To expand the availability and affordability • Special health care for newborn infants. • Develop a prototype using BiliLight system. • Responses to the Changing Health care need. 3 Significance – Data Resources – Telemedicine Application to home-based care – Program Evaluation – Primary Innovations – Commercial opportunities – Importance of Telemedicine Applications(1996 Telecommunication ACT) 4 Data Resources • Research Data Collected at Each Interaction – Collect large amounts of data. – Collect data from multiple sources • Evaluated by the Kansas University Medical Center’s. – Determine accuracy – Determine efficiency – Determine the cost 5 Telemedicine Applications to Home-based care – In-home Telemedicine in Rural Kansas • Answering an Elderly patient’s Needs – Designing HeartCare • Custom Computerized Home Care for Patients recovering from CABG surgery – Baby carelink:A WWW-based system for neonatal home telemedicine • A prototype for Reducing Costs and errors,Improving Accrual, and Saving Trees