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Healthcare and the Internet of Everything

March 07, 2016 The Mail Man 0

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<br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br />It is by now common knowledge that medical science and healthcare is benefitting from the technological boom that has occurred since 1946. Having had to pass through the next 3 steps of the Industrial Revolution has also revolutionized the field of healthcare. There are now machines and devices that have not been dreamed of 10 years ago. These advances have also changed the way diseases are diagnosed and health is monitored, not only in patients but of people as a whole. Medical devices are used to monitor the performance of athletes, soldiers, astronauts and even casual senior citizens out on their early morning walk. These devices have enabled healthcare stakeholders to come up with new techniques, medications and even spawned a whole new wellness lifestyle. <br /><br />The Internet of Everything<br /><br />But the industrial revolution has not yet ended. It continues to evolve every day. That medical machines and devices can “talk” to each other was being done in the 1990s. Then their ability to “communicate” without human interaction via IP addresses is current reality. The next step taken is turning all these information into action. That is the Internet of Everything. The endless and limitless amount of information and data streaming and these are not confined to only 1 form of industry will result in tremendous leaps in healthcare management and healthcare services is expected or already being realized.<br /><br />In the 2016 1st Internet of Everything Summit held last March 3, 2016, Impinj was among those who presented for the Internet of Everything segment for healthcare. Impinj is not only connected with healthcare but also in the retail industry, manufacturing, inventory management and various other industries that need tracking and monitoring.<br /><br />For the healthcare industry, Impinj offers the following:<br /><br />1.    Healthcare Asset Management Optimization – provides real-time information on the location of medical equipment, their usage, status, availability and if they have been taken out of the premises. <br />2.    Hospital Usage Tracking System – an automated system that captures data about the consumption of supplies during surgical procedures and data is then integrated with inventory, billing and surgical information systems.<br />3.    Hospital Inventory Management  - continuous tracking of medical supplies within the hospital premises, stockrooms, shelves and other storage areas so as to make location of needed supplies easier for the hospital staff.<br /><br />Impinj uses a comprehensive and widely deployed RAIN RFID platform, wirelessly connecting billions of items.</span></div>
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Telehealth Game Changer: The RxBox

February 29, 2016 The Mail Man 0

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<span style="font-size: large;">The National Telehealth Center is a “RESEARCH”  project of the University of the Philippines that operates in conjunction with the DOH and the DOST. It started in 2004 and has since expanded its coverage from its original 10 sites. <br /><br />The National Telehealth Center provides a system wherein rural or community based physicians can refer cases to counterpart doctors at the other end of the system and get expert opinions and advice through a web-based system. This gave  primary case young doctors the support needed when medical operations are being conducted in said rural or urban communities. It is a dynamic database of medical information based on the experiences of the other physicians in the network. Currently, it is being implemented in 259 LGUs throughout the country.<br /><br />Whereas in its initial phase, Telehealth was a web-based portal, little more than a chat system between doctors, it has evolved into a system where transmission of and recording of basic medical data is transmitted from one point to another. This is the RxBox. <br /><br />The RxBox is the result of the cooperation between the National Telehealth Center, The DOST and UP Diliman. According to Dr. Portial Marcelo, director of the National Telehealth Center, the RxVBox can also function as a diagnostic tool since it can monitor the patient’s  heart rate, pulse rate, blood and blood oxygenation. The RxBox enables remote consultations between patrients, community health workers and urban based experts<br /><br />Dr. Portia Marcelo explains that the potentials for the RxBox and like systems in the Philippine healthcare system, particularly the public healthcare system has yet to reach its full utilization and that the RxBox itself which was developed by the DOST needs institutionalized funding as it is now relying solely on grants.   <br /><br />Source: Interview with Dr. Portia Marcelo, Director, National Telehealth Center</span><br />
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Closing the gaps in community and rural medicine. The National Telehealth Center

February 24, 2016 The Mail Man 0

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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br />The plight of rural medicine or even urban community medicine can be likened to the Doctor to the Barrios of Dr. Juan Flavier which presents the stories in a light manner or the realities of Dr. Johnny Escandor in all it grim realities. But the fact remains that rural and community medicine and practice is one he holy grails of Philippine Medicine. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />The efforts of past health secretaries to entice the newest talents from Philippine medical schools have already created a culture among those newly graduated to put in their time. It is a noble effort and is comparable to the former Soviet Union’s “Hero Projects”. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br />The success of these young doctors and medical professional also hinges on the support of both those that sent them and the community. The community, having the wisdom to take care of their “doctor” will leave no stone unturned in supporting the assigned medical professional. But there are gaps that the community simply could not fill in. A knowledge and experience database is an important component in community medicine.<br /><br />Unlike in conventional internships in hospitals, usually the young physician would have to rely on his accumulated knowledge and the experience of those previously encountered which does not really build up into a formidable storage of knowledge.<br /><br />In 2004, the University of the Philippines proposed the National Telehealth Center as a project. Having learned of the gaps in community medicine through its graduates, UP came up with Telehealth. It was initially a web-based portal made by a development team that employed the “Buddy Works”  wherein a referring physician can type in questions and will be answered by other physicians at the other end of the network.<br /><br />In 2007, Dr. Alvin Marcelo who was a TOYM awardee for Medical Informatics headed the project. This paved the way for grants to come in for Public Health Informatics and that the DOH also made initial investments in Telehealth.<br /><br />Currently, the National Telehealth Center covers 259 Local Government Units that covers the Cordillera Autonomous Region, Region VIII, Tawi-Tawi and Romblon.<br /><br />Source: Interview with Dr. Portia Marcelo, Director, National Telehealth Center</span></div>
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Closing the gaps in community and rural medicine. The National Telehealth Center

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UP Study: Jeepney Design Unhealthy for Drivers

February 15, 2016 The Mail Man 0

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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />The Jeepney is not only a means of transport to most Filipinos, it is also a cultural icon. Born from the many military jeeps left by the US after WWII, its design was altered to accommodate more passengers with decorations and accessories that go with the Filipino idea of aesthetics.<br /><br />Unfortunately, the military jeep was not ergonomically designed for comfort but for utility in combat. That same ergonomic design has not changed much to this day. Thus, Gorio and his Jeepney even had to have a British driver in a History Channel documentary to highlight this fact.<br /><br />A study conducted by the College of Engineering in UP Diliman wherein jeepneys doing the rout of the Diliman Campus were observed, measured and drivers interviewed came up with unhealthy results. These included small legroom, uncomfortable seats, hard to adjust mirrors, ventilation, windshield height limitations combine with 10 hour working days result in back pain and fatigue that is commonly endured by jeepney drivers. <br /><br />The UP researchers made suggestions in the re-design of the jeepneys. These are the following: </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Criteria                                                Ave. Measurement (in cm)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Height of Drivers' seat                                       127.27</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Height of Back Rest                                            84.84</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Height of set from the floor                                 43.33</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Diagonal distance from edge of seat</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">to foot controls                                                     45.27</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Distance of steering wheel from the floor            22.23</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />The re-design of the contour of the drivers’ seats would also reduce the back pains and fatigue of the drivers. The additional height of the windshield will make for a better view of traffic and traffic lights for added road safety.<br /><br />But the drivers disclosed that these modifications would result in additional expenses that in their own cost benefit analysis would be unacceptable. They would rather endure tha fatigue, discomfort and back pain rather that shell out costs.<br /><br />Such is the case of Philippine society today. Health is not one of the priorities or is the least priority the lower the socio-economic level gets. <br /><br />Health takes a back seat to a greater number of Filipinos and Health Design is also in the same seat</span></div>
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VivaLnk Announces World’s First Commercial eSkin™ Electronics Product,

February 12, 2016 Tech Support • 0

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">VivaLnk has developed eSkin™ technology where electronics, in an 
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<span style="font-size: large;">VivaLnk, Inc., a Silicon Valley technology company has announced the world’s first commercial eSkin™ electronics product, Digital Tattoo, developed with Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) group. ATAP is a small, agile skunkworks team within Google. The nickel sized, paper thin adhesive Digital Tattoo is worn on the wrist. Vivalnk’s Digital Tattoo works on Motorola’s Moto X smartphone and the VivaLnk team is looking to expand to other devices and future versions of Android.<br /><br />When worn by the smartphone user, Digital Tattoo provides electronic authentication to unlock the phone for use and make logging into your device fast, easy and secure. They last for 5 days and work anywhere, anytime.<br /></span><br />
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Human Implantable Microchip Tracking Devices Are Here To Stay

February 12, 2016 Tech Support • 0

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<span style="font-size: large;">September 11, 2001, was a watershed moment in world history not simply because of the attack on and fall of the World Trade Centers. It is also because what rose from the smoke and ashes of the tower’s destruction was the very first, human implantable RFID microchip tracking device. Verichip Corp. launched it’s very first product early on in 2002, and it has given birth to a massive technology boom that covers all across every sector of science and technology to the tune of billions of dollars per year. Are we very close to seeing millions of humans walking around with microchip implants? Big Business thinks so, and are betting the farm that it will happen. Who do you know that doesn’t have a smart phone?<br /><br /><b>And it already is happening, look and see for yourself</b><br /><br />“In the long run, chip implants could make it less intrusive than some emerging ID systems which rely on physical biometrics (like your fingerprints or unique eye pattern),” says Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, author of the book “Distraction Addiction” and visiting scholar at Stanford’s University’s Peace Innovation Lab.<br /><br />“This should be a matter of individual choice, but fighting crime should be much easier using chips,” adds sci-fi author Larry Niven, who predicted chip implants in the ’70s. Niven said he supports chip implantation for security reasons, provided it is an opt-in measure.<br /><br />This month at the Transhuman Visions conference in San Francisco, Graafstra set up an “implantation station” offering attendees the chance to be chipped at $50 a time. Using a large needle designed for microchipping pets, Graafstra injected a glass-coated RFID tag the size of a rice grain into each volunteer. By the end of the day Graafstra had created 15 new cyborgs.<br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The international digital health conference Doctors 2.0 & You will convene on Cite Internationale Universitaire in Paris, France on May 26 – 27, 2016. To be discussed are social media and online communities, connected objects, wearables, augmented reality, virtual reality, artificial intelligenece, mobile apps and gaming.<br /><br />Those expected to participate are stakeholders in the industry such as patients, healthcare professionals from the pharmaceutical industry, health related devices, helth technology, insurance and representatives from the government sector. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />•    speaker applications from digital health innovators with concrete examples <br />•    start-up contest applications from digital health companies created no earlier than January 2013 <br />•    sponsor applications from companies seeking to align their communication with the improvement of health for all </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />For further information, please visit:<br />http://www.doctors20.com </span></div>
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