Title :
Distributed Architecture towards Tele-Diagnosis
Author :
Prabaharan, K. ; Lavanya, J. ; Goh, K.W. ; Kim, Y. ; Soh, C.B.
Author_Institution :
BioMed. Eng. Res. Centre, Nanyang Technol. Univ.
Abstract :
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
Keywords :
distributed databases; health care; home computing; medical information systems; patient diagnosis; personal information systems; skin; telemedicine; University of Washington; distributed diagnosis; facilitated accurate referral management system; home healthcare; hospital-based system; personal health information management system; tele-dermatology; tele-diagnosis; Biomedical engineering; Clinical trials; Computer architecture; Digital images; Hospitals; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Scalability; Skin; USA Councils;
Conference_Titel :
Distributed Diagnosis and Home Healthcare, 2006. D2H2. 1st Transdisciplinary Conference on
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0058-9
DOI :
10.1109/DDHH.2006.1624808
