For #3, what does the broadband need to do? I thought if you put an IPSEC box on either end of your link, you're fine.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------- From: "Tom DeReggi" <wirelessn...@rapiddsl.net> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 6:53 PM To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Telemedicine > All kinds of things depending on who they are. > > 1. Mobility availabilty. Such as emergency field vans going out to low > income areas, being able to get broadband of some sort when they get > there. > 2. High enough capacity for sending xray/MRI scan data. For example if > someone had a heart attack, a heart xray could be done in the field and > forwarded to a far away heart surgence specialist for reveiw so an > immediate > diagnosis can be had. > 3. There are still privacy and security of data issues, so broadband must > accommodate HIPPA compliant systems. > 4. Remote Monitoring. Pace makers could actually send updates to a remote > monitoring system to make sure all is alive. Or could obtain an "alert" > button to notifiy emergency monitoring center. > 5. Patient record. A Online system that allow getting patient records > remotely. > 6. Online tools for patients, for example to manage their drug doseage > history. (It can really get complicated for some patients.) > 7. A video camera system, so that remote doctors can actually see a > patients > face or injury with their eyes. > 8. The "ive fallen and cant get up" is a real problem. > 9. PAtients that still live alone may tend to forget things. So systems > can > be put in place to verify certain applications are done when they are > supposed to. I can give an example when My wife was on bed rest and there > was a system that tracked all body vitals, and the data had to be uploaded > to a remote nursing center once every X hours. There was a complicated > machine to do this, that worked on dial up. But it would have been so much > easier to be a real time broadband solution. > > Part of telemedicine is that it can be quite an ordeal to get an older > hard > to move person to a hospitol. Expecially if they are in a unstable or > non-mobile near paralyzed state, for example after a stroke. So the > doctor > comes to the patient in stead. There are actually many legal liabilties > with > sendign a doctor onsite, so most doctors will refuse to go. However, being > able to interact with the patient via the Internet can avoid those > liabilties, because it allows for communication and consultation, without > liabilty of not being watched by a third party. > > Tom DeReggi > RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc > IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Hammett" <wispawirel...@ics-il.net> > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 2:23 PM > Subject: [WISPA] Telemedicine > > >> Has anyone here worked with telemedicine clients before? What are they >> after? >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
