E-Health-better care based on advanced ICT.
The health sector lags in implementing technology because:
Csiro can demonstrate how health can improve by IT technology, mainly in two ways-
The main marketing good in this video was the colonoscopy simulator. Colonoscopy is an investigation of mal diseases. People can be diagnosed for cancer at an earlier stage. Doctors will be trained by simulation, and therefore will make fewer mistakes.
Useful software Csiro offers to the health industry- the health art integration software. This allows to link databases. Databases in the health industry holds private information, and people want them secured. This software allows a secure link to databases.
Csiro is currently working on technology to help treat Alzheimer disease. Imaging brain parts, and showing the image to the people with Alzheimer will help them understand their own disease. Thus, the Alzheimer can be treated at an earlier stage, before it develops.
Home Care:
Various colleges are working on producing a multi-functional robot called the nuresebot, with a purpose of assisting people that have trouble living at home.
Some issues discussed in the video-
The health sector lags in implementing technology because:
- Health is a very conservative industry
- Health politically controlled
- New IT technologies are costly
Csiro can demonstrate how health can improve by IT technology, mainly in two ways-
- Better health outcomes
- Improvments in health processes
The main marketing good in this video was the colonoscopy simulator. Colonoscopy is an investigation of mal diseases. People can be diagnosed for cancer at an earlier stage. Doctors will be trained by simulation, and therefore will make fewer mistakes.
Useful software Csiro offers to the health industry- the health art integration software. This allows to link databases. Databases in the health industry holds private information, and people want them secured. This software allows a secure link to databases.
Csiro is currently working on technology to help treat Alzheimer disease. Imaging brain parts, and showing the image to the people with Alzheimer will help them understand their own disease. Thus, the Alzheimer can be treated at an earlier stage, before it develops.
Home Care:
Various colleges are working on producing a multi-functional robot called the nuresebot, with a purpose of assisting people that have trouble living at home.
Some issues discussed in the video-
- Reliability- can the robot make the right decision?
- Cost- The cost of deploying these robots
- Employment- Nurses may lose their jobs
