Internet of Things (IoT) in Healthcare. (Part 5)

INTEROPERABILITY:

• Interoperability is the ability of different information system, devices and applications to access, exchange, integrate and cooperatively use data in a coordinated manner within across and regional and national boundaries, to provide timely and seamless portability of information.

• Health data exchange, applications interfaces and standards enable data to be accessed and shared appropriately and securely across the complete spectrum of care etc.

CONNECTED CONTACT LENS:

• The vision-based technology, connected or smart contact lenses are an obvious way to explore virtual and augmented reality, and camera technologies.

• Smart lenses are being developed that aim to treat iron-sightedness caused by a loss of elasticity in the lens of the eye known as presbyopia and cataract surgery recovery.

• Swiss company sentiment has developed a non-invasive contact lens called triggerfish, which records the changes in eye dimensions that can lead to glaucoma.

• Sony has applied for the patent for a smart contact lens which can convert eye movement into electrical power, which your control through blinking your eyes.

BLOOD COAGULATION TESTING:

• Roche launched a Bluetooth-enabled coagulation system. The IoT device allows patients to check how quickly their blood clots.

• Roche’s system is the first IoT device explicitly designed especially for anticoagulated patients.

• The system which provides for self-testing was shown to help patients remain within their therapeutic range and lowered their risk of bleeding and stroke.

• The ability of wirelessly transfer results to their healthcare professional meant fewer visits to the medical clinic.

SMART-WATCH APP FOR DEPRESSION:

• Major depressive disorder can be tracked by a smartwatch app used daily by patients to monitor their moods and thoughts.

• There is definite potential for wearable technology to do more than count steps, in this case, it cloud be used to assess the effects of depression in real-time.

• Like the IoT healthcare devices, a depression app could give patients and healthcare providers more insight into the conditions.

CONNECTED CANCER TREATMENT:

• In 2018, data was presented at the American society of clinical oncology annual meeting from a clinical trial of patients all receiving treatment for head and neck cancer.

• The treatments had patients use Bluetooth enabled weight scale and blood pressure cuff, along with a symptoms-tracking app, to send daily updates to patient’s doctors on symptoms and responses to treatment.

• The doctors' cloud adjusts treatment day-to-day based on the data. The patients involved in the trials experienced less severe symptoms related to cancer and the treatment, then those in a control group maintained weekly doctor visits.

ROBOTIC SURGERY:

• Robotic surgery, or robotic-assisted surgery, allows doctors to perform many types of complex procedures with more precisions, flexibility and control than is possible with conventional techniques.

• Robotic surgery is usually associated with minimally invasive surgical procedures are performed through tiny incisions. 

HAND HYGIENE MONITORING:

• Research-based on a voice-based electronic hand hygiene monitoring systems showed a 61.4 per cent decrease in healthcare-acquired infections.

• The system includes an audible reminder in the form of a human voice that reminds healthcare facility staff to sanitize their hands.

EFFICIENT DRUG MANAGEMENT:

• The effectiveness of drug treatment is based on its efficacy, tolerability, safety, and acceptability.

• Effective medication management implies that the process of selecting and managing prescribed drugs results in an optimal patient outcome.

• Effectively prescribing medications includes gaining mastery of drug knowledge, learning the nuts and bolts of treatment using the medication, and psychoeducational process in medication management.

• Nurses have the essential role in providing effective medications management, given their direct level of patient contact and their collaborative relationship with physicians.

GPS SMART SOLE:

• This is the new wandering, a tracking device is similar to an orthotic that slides into any size shoes

• It contains a tiny GPS tracking element centred into the pad.

• It runs on a rechargeable battery that lasts 2-3 days. The pads last up to 30 months depending on normal wear and use.

MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT:

• Medical waste management is waste generated from hospitals at various wards. There are different kinds of biomedical waste such as anatomical waste, cytotoxic drugs waste, chemical waste, etc..

• This waste must be transported from hospitals to the common treatment facility where these wastes are recycled using treatment equipment to avoid pollution.

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