Distributed Architecture towards Tele-Diagnosis

Distributed diagnosis and home healthcare aims to improve the quality of care and patient wellness and outcomes by transforming the delivery of healthcare from a central, hospital-based system to one that is more distributed and home-based. A personal health information management system (PHIMS) and...

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Published in1st Transdisciplinary Conference on Distributed Diagnosis and Home Healthcare, 2006. D2H2 pp. 105 - 108
Main Authors Prabaharan, K., Lavanya, J., Goh, K.W., Kim, Y., Soh, C.B.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 2006
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Biomedical engineering
Clinical trials
Computer architecture
Digital images
Hospitals
Medical diagnostic imaging
Medical services
Scalability
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Summary:Distributed diagnosis and home healthcare aims to improve the quality of care and patient wellness and outcomes by transforming the delivery of healthcare from a central, hospital-based system to one that is more distributed and home-based. A personal health information management system (PHIMS) and a facilitated accurate referral management system (FARMS) were developed, tested and deployed by the University of Washington at its medical centre and other trial sites. We have adopted this PHIMS concept and have customized it to Singapore's context for tele-dermatology based on the distributed architecture approach. We have launched a clinical trial at a nursing home in Singapore for the distributed-PHIMS (D-PHIMS) system and have obtained preliminary results of the ongoing clinical trial
ISBN:1424400589
9781424400584
DOI:10.1109/DDHH.2006.1624808