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Thursday, February 23, 2012

ΤΗΛΕΔΙΑΓΝΩΣΗ ΣΤΑ ΦΑΡΜΑΚΕΙΑ ΑΠΟ ΙΑΤΡΟΥΣ

Cisco TelePresence Enables Physician Consultations in Pharmacies

Healthcare IT and Technology News 10/2/2012./λινκ/link

Cisco and Swisscom are equipping 200 pharmacies in Switzerland with Cisco TelePresence® video communication systems. Launched recently under the name netCare, this two-year pilot project will help enable the provision of advanced telemedicine services. With netCare, patients can receive a formal and documented initial consultation (triage) with a physician over a video link at a pharmacy. "We are delighted to be able to offer this unique, pioneering HealthPresence project based on Cisco TelePresence technology," says Christian Martin, general manager of Cisco Switzerland.

Virtual consultations in almost real-life quality The Cisco TelePresence system connects pharmacy consulting rooms with physicians at MEDGATE, Switzerland's center for telemedicine. At each end of the link there is an EX90 system equipped with a microphone, a camera and a 24-inch full-HD display. The physician and patient can see and hear each other as if they were sitting in the same room. For the patient, the experience is like visiting the physician in-persons; for the physician, it is easy to make a visual assessment of the patient's problems. The system has a touch screen for simple operation. The TelePresence system can be expanded by incorporating additional components if necessary. For instance, diagnostic devices and an additional monitor can be connected to measure a patient's heart rate, blood pressure and temperature. The system also supports multiple languages. Maximum security, confidential and efficient Information is shared between the patient and the physician over a highly secure high-speed link.

"Cisco TelePresence offers optimized secure data transmission that fully protects users' confidentiality," explains Christian Martin. In addition, to safeguard patient privacy, medical examinations take place in a separate consultation room, and physicians and pharmacists are bound by an obligation of confidentiality. The project was initiated by pharmaSuisse, Switzerland's association of pharmacists, in association with MEDGATE and the medical and accident insurer Helsana. "This collaboration between pharmacists, physicians and insurers is playing a key role in helping to boost the efficiency and quality of basic healthcare delivery," says Dominique Jordan, president of pharmaSuisse. Demo film: www.netCare-Apotheke.ch

Healthcare IT and Technology News 10/2/2012.

Friday, September 30, 2011

ΤΗΛΕΙΑΤΡΙΚΗ @ ΠΑΚΙΣΤΑΝ

Prime Minister directs setting up telemedicine networking in flood-hit areas

ISLAMABAD, Sept 22 (APP): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani directed setting up of telemedicine networks in flood hit areas to tackle the challenge of water borne diseases.The Prime Minister chaired 25th meeting of Board of Directors of Universal Service Fund (USF) as Minister of Information Technology at Prime Minister House on Thursday morning.The meeting approved projects of Rs. 10 billion for Financial Year 2011-12 including initiation of USF pilot Project to set up telemedicine networks around Rawalpindi, Karachi and Multan.

Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Nishtar Medical College Multan and Holy Family Hospital Rawalpindi will be connected with 12 remote sites to set up three telemedicine networks.
Each of these remote sites will provide facilities of digital stethoscope, digital derma-scope, portable ultrasound, digital ECG and customized telemedicine software to the patients at their hometowns including consultations with the specialists sitting in the three main hospitals.
The Prime Minister directed USF that in addition to the proposed cities in Sindh, Badin, Thatta, Dadu and Naushero Feroz, flood stricken districts like Nawabshah, Mirpur Khas, Umerkot and Sanghar should also be included in the telemedicine network immediately.
Similarly, he directed to include cities of Bahawalpur, Rahimyar Khan,
Rajanpur, DG Khan, Qadirpur, Shujaabad, Mianwali and Kharian to the 12 cities initially planned.
He also directed that as soon as USF Fiber cable is laid in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, similar Tele-medicine projects should be started there.
Other major telecom projects that are part of the newly approved budget include broadband, fiber optic cables and educational/tele-centers in the underserved parts of the county.
The Prime Minister said that USF had to further speed up in order to cover the delays caused due to different factors during current and the last year. He further emphasized the board to keep ensuring transparency in biding process and execution of the projects.
To ensure better execution of projects, decisions regarding extension in projects contractual timelines and establishing mechanism issues of the fund were also discussed and decided.
The Prime Minister stressed upon optimal utilization of USF fund in bringing concrete progress in the near future, in terms ofapplications like e-agriculture, e-commerce, e-government, e- education, e-health and e-disastermanagement.
He said that USF should work in collaboration with other countries with better information technology expertise to establish state of the art IT learning institutions with a special focus on unserved and underserved areas.
The Prime Minister urged board of directors of USF to ensure frequent board meetings to make it more effective.
On part of the government too, he assured USF Board of full support and encouragement in carrying out this nation building task.
Secretary Information and Technology, Chairman PTA, Member Telecom, CEO PTCL, CEO USF and Representative of Consumer Association of Pakistan attended the meeting as directors of USF Board.

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