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Write a justification of why Tall Trees should be recommended to incorporate technology relating to the IoHT [12 marks]

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Write a justification of why Tall Trees should be recommended to incorporate technology relating to the IoHT [12 marks]

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-Closer monitoring of patients data
-Could lead to a reduction the death rate due to a better understanding of which treatment it best suitable for which patient.
-An Implementation of an electronic health record system could aid doctors which would result in less questions being asked about the patients health record
- The patients can be provided with more accurate and professional treatments
-Doctors have greater access to more medical knowledge
- An implementation will also result in a reduction in the costs which created
-Also it could decrease the hospitals error rate as well as establish a more efficient use of pharmaceuticals

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There is no doubt that the Internet of Things is transforming the healthcare industry completely by redefining how apps, devices and people interact and connect with each other in delivering healthcare solutions. That is, IoT is constantly offering new tools as well as efficiencies that make up an integrated healthcare system with the view of ensuring patients are cared for better, health care costs are reduced significantly and treatment outcomes are improved.

Thus, it is a conglomeration of multiple opportunities that wellness promoters and hospitals can tap into even as they optimize resources through automated workflows as well as process excellence. For instance, a majority of hospitals use IoT for asset management and controlling humidity and temperature within operating rooms.

The major advantages of the Internet of Things in that healthcare organizations can take advantage of include the following:

1. Decreased Costs-When healthcare providers take advantage of the connectivity of the healthcare solutions, patient monitoring can be done on a real time basis, thus significantly cutting down on unnecessary visits by doctors. In particular, home care facilities that are advanced are guaranteed to cut down on hospital stays and re-admissions.

2. Improved Outcomes of Treatment - Connectivity of health care solutions through cloud computing or other virtual infrastructure gives caregivers the ability to access real time information that enables them to make informed decisions as well as offer treatment that is evidence based. This ensures health care provision is timely and treatment outcomes are improved.

3. Improved Disease Management - When patients are monitored on a continuous basis and health care providers are able to access real time data, diseases are treated before they get out of hand.

4. Reduced Errors - Accurate collection of data, automated workflows combined with data driven decisions are an excellent way of cutting down on waste, reducing system costs and most importantly minimizing on errors.

5. Enhanced Patient Experience-The connectivity of the health care system through the internet of things, places emphasis on the needs of the patient. That is, proactive treatments, improved accuracy when it comes to diagnosis, timely intervention by physicians and enhanced treatment outcomes result in accountable care that is highly trusted among patients.

6. Enhanced Management of Drugs -Creation as well as management of drugs is a major expense in the healthcare industry. Even then, with IoT processes and devices, it is possible to manage these costs better.

The risks of IoT in healthcare

Although the Internet of Things is transformational in the health care sector, it also presents a number of challenges given that health data is sensitive. As such, when shared inappropriately, health information may damage reputations or destroy careers amongst other things. Furthermore, streamlining and digitizing health data and its subsequent expanded use is likely to strain the data centers.

As patient monitoring is expanded to the use of devices that are wearable and at home, clinicians that are charged with monitoring those chronic conditions as well as the inclusion of predictive analysis increases demands on the data center and facility infrastructure.

Proprietary medical services inability to share data between each other requires that a play and play solution that has a standard language be developed to promote information sharing.

Security of data is also another risk factor that is likely to increase with an increase in the level of data being shared. The volume of data is bound to increase significantly hence the need to shield this information from cyber attacks.

The architecture of the Internet of Things is a powerful analysis engine requires a hybrid cloud environment or hypervisor (Virtualized infrastructure) to run. These tools are crucial in ensuring the auditing of network compliance as well as ensuring real time alert of anomalies that include user access, network traffic, system errors and change management activities.

Ultimately, the Internet of Things is here to stay as its popularity is expected to increase significantly, as health care providers seek to leverage technologies with the view of improving efficiency. IoT in healthcare is pegged on connectivity, ensuring information is available to elicit an action. As such, it is set to grow in hospitals, even as data sharing continues to be simplified.
The author is a service assurance technology analyst at Xangati. A self-proclaimed tech geek, with a passion for the ever-changing world of virtualized and hybrid-cloud environments. Kevin has a passion for dissecting tech topics such as virtualization, data center migration, storage, networking and cloud. On his days off, he can be found watching sci-fi movies, rock climbing or volunteering.

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6 benefits of IoT for hospitals and healthcare

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There is no doubt that the Internet of Things is transforming the healthcare industry completely by redefining how apps, devices and people interact and connect with each other in delivering healthcare solutions. That is, IoT is constantly offering new tools as well as efficiencies that make up an integrated healthcare system with the view of...

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Explain the effect of changing medical practices on the doctors working in the Tall Trees clinic. [4 marks

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Explain the effect of changing medical practices on the doctors working in the Tall Trees clinic. [4 marks

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Tall Tree`s is an upcoming clinic which is to be build in a rural area. It aims to use telemedicine in order to communicate with its patients. Another aim is for the clinic to incorporate the internet of health things into its practices. Using this new technology in the treatment of patients could doffer doctors greater chances to provide the patients with more accurate treatments, as their are under constant accurate monitoring.

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Explain some of the advantages and disadvantages of diagnostic systems? [6 marks]

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Explain some of the advantages and disadvantages of diagnostic systems? [6 marks]

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Medical Diagnose System, are artificial intelligences which use patients inputted data in order to calculate or estimate the patients disease. IBM`s Watson AI Persona is one example of a self studying technology which is able to create a reasonable estimations towards the exact patients disease.
The Advantages of using an AI based system to determine Patients diseases, could be that machine do not depend on opinion but instead give an answer within reason. It must also be said that through the use of ai systems the human engagement factor would be reduced, which could lead to less errors occurring, while also being able to accessible worldwide. However on the downside of things, so far artificial intelligence systems have not yet been developed far enough and can therefore be prone to miss interpretation and miss calculation of information, which could lead to inaccurate estimation.

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How might technology be combined with human resources in order to obtain health services to those in remote areas? [6 marks]

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How might technology be combined with human resources in order to obtain health services to those in remote areas? [6 marks]

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Telemedicine is a technology often used to establish a connection between those in rural areas and doctors. The connection between those is established through video conferencing. By using such technology, doctors are able to check up on patients statues and decide future actions without having to overcome the difficulty of traveling to remote areas.

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Accessing government health services from rural or remote areas is often a difficult task for patients.It's fair to say that there isn't just one reason why this may be the case, as travel distance, access to transport and the cost of the travel serve as significant challenges for people who live in remote areas. In some cases, there may also be language or cultural barriers.

But sometimes it due to a poor understanding of health issues and how to access health services in general.

Technology is helping to push through these barriers - it's a critical tool to help reach and provide better healthcare for rural Australians.

Let's take a look at some of the tech initiatives that local, state and federal governments have put in place to improve health service delivery, and what to expect in the future.
Telehealth
Telehealth is the health term coined for video-conferencing in the health sector. It is emerging as a technology to complement local health services throughout Australia.

Widespread onboarding of this technology assists in delivering health services to remote communities in varied ways.

These are:

By reducing the need to travel great distances to see a specialist.

Using it as an incredible tool for pre- and postoperative care.

It also provides health services in a much timelier manner, leading to earlier detection.

Telehealth helps rural doctors seek a second opinion from other specialists around the globe.

It enables doctors to get remote help to manage emergency and unplanned patient presentations.

Its also gives staff access to receive remote education, training and support on location.

Between July 2011 and February 2013 the total amount of video consultation in Australia skyrocketed. By the end of March 2013 the Department of Human Services had processed more than 77,000 telehealth services payments, provided to over 33,000 patients by more than 7,700 practitioners.
Example

Mental Health Emergency Care Rural Access Project (New South Wales)

The project gives mental health clients, in rural and remote hospitals, access to a specialist team at Bloomfield Hospital in Orange. They provide support to those in need 24 hours a day 365 days a year by video conference.
This removes the need for patients to travel and gives them expert care as soon as they need them.
Nationwide eHealth record system

The Australian Government's Personally Controlled eHealth Record (PCEHR) is an initiative we've covered before. In summary, it's an electronic record of an individual's health record. Both the individual and the health care provider can accesses it online. In theory, the government is moving toward centralising the information to:

Increasing patient care, regardless of the patient's location

Reduce the taxpayer's cost for healthcare

The above will make access to patient records easier and faster. Doctors and nurses will have all the information they need in a sole location

The initiative also aims to be safer. Doctors know a patient's current and past medical history, including allergies and current medications. It also plans to make life easier for the patient by giving them less to remember. For example, they will have accurate records of when they were last vaccinated against rabies or the result of a bone marrow test.

This combined with telehealth will enable patients in rural and remote areas to receive better care.

The future

The advancement of technology will lead to further improvements in e-Health and better access to health services in remote locations. As systems and technology evolve, there will be big developments in the space of education and early detection.

Language, cultural barriers, poor understanding of health issues and how to access health services in general, are many of the reasons rural and remote communities suffer great health disadvantages .

There's no doubt that technology will also have to play a big part in educating Australians, both young and old, about health.

It won't be long before we see tablet apps that teach small children how to identify signs of getting ill and what to do from there. They will be able to take ownership of their health no matter what their mother tongue, cultural background or education level is.

Children won't be the only ones receiving education. Governments will work to bring education to all ages on how to prevent illness and gain access to the services they need.

To educate and provide health services to remote communities, the government faces some technical barriers. While the internet provides rapid access to information like nothing we've seen before, it's only communities with a reliable internet connection that can benefit from technology based health services.
The National Broadband Network (NBN) is a $37 billion government initiative to connect communities around the country to fast, reliable internet. Changes in government and budget restraints are delaying the rollout leaving many remote communities out of touch and unable to connect to the technology driven health services.

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How technology is improving health in remote areas

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Accessing government health services from rural or remote areas is often a difficult task for patients.It's fair to say that there isn't just one reason why this may be the case, as travel distance, access to transport and the cost of the travel serve as significant challenges for people who live in remote areas.

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How might technological developments replace the requirement for health carers? [6 marks]

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How might technological developments replace the requirement for health carers? [6 marks]

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Can Computers replace doctors? Depending who is being asked there exists a great debate between ones who agree with the claim and once who disagree. One can assume that at the rate at which computer technology is evolving nowadays, it can be assumed that within the near future, soon many doctors will become unemployment as computers will soon be able to replace humans.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/nhs/12122059/Technology-will-never-replace-doctors-but-they-must-embrace-it.html
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http://fortune.com/2012/12/04/technology-will-replace-80-of-what-doctors-do/
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https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/sunday-review/high-tech-health-care-useful-to-a-point.html?_r=0

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How could society benefit from improvements in the use of wearable devices? [6 marks]

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How could society benefit from improvements in the use of wearable devices? [6 marks]

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There are many improvements which may arise through further exploitation of wearable technology. For example through imporved development one might be able to oversee his/her medical data through the use of such wearable technology. However the technology could also assist doctors and nurses by recording the patients health data which could be monitore or access in order to find the type and cause for a certain disease. This closer connection between patients and doctors will improve their relationship.

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How might a private health centre decide on a balance between costs of the medical personnel/computer system and health benefits? [6 marks]

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How might a private health centre decide on a balance between costs of the medical personnel/computer system and health benefits? [6 marks]

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There are many factors which can determine at what ratio money is being put into which region of the hospital.