A whole world of services in the consumer’s pocket
mitted immediately
will also allow for pa
, which will lead to enhanced monitoring of their illnesses. It
or the Internet.
yments to be made for medical services using the handset
patient
Healthcare personnel
which will also mak
’s health insurance and medical records thanks to mobile technology
will have easier access to the stored information on the
,
real time. It will also facilitate the adoption of new information systems for car
e communication between the patient and doctor possible in
rying out new medical studies.
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5.8.1. The opening of the market and its impact on telemedicine
The objectiv
nology that is the same for all patients. T
e in the telemedicine field is to achiev
o do this, it will be necessary to mak
e distribution of a single tech
e
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systems that are easy to use and mobile, while pro
tionalit
viding the necessary func-
ical centers.
y and the ability for two-way communication between patients and med-
The Center for Cell Phone Applications in Healthcare (C
ical Records
-PAHC) division of Med-
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, has been developing this type of medical system for more than
that contains the patients’ records, and information on their health insur
ears. They are trying to promote continuous care, supported by a system
Another of their objectiv
so that they can connect to each other and impro
es is to achieve interoper
v
abilit
e communication between pa
y between mobile devices,
ance.
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that enables them to handle all the aspects related to their illness and to ha
tients and medical centers. In addition, they want to provide patients with a tool
mobile documentation system.
ve a
Howev
conditions are necessary:
er, in order to turn mobile devices into telemedicine devices, a number of
There must be a univ
used, and cooperation among all the mobile oper
ersal platform that allows any type of mobile phone to be
Guaranteeing information security
ators in the geographical area.
Usability of mobile devices.
.
Softw
and doctors.
are developers must design attractive solutions that benefit patients
If all these conditions are met, the dev
crease significantly
elopment of telemedicine is likely to in-
may have access to basic applications b
. Some forecasts suggest that more than ten million users
y the end of 2009.
Howev
sensors
er, for all this to take shape, progress is needed in the development of
tory r
that can measure blood pressure, temperature and heart and respira-
ta processing and guar
ates, among others. It is also necessary to dev
antee access to telecommunications networks, using ei
elop electronic media for da-
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.medrecinst.com/cell
ecords:
phone. ther standard Internet or wireless services.
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