Module #3
The Promise of Wireless An Overview of a Device-To-Cloud mHealth Solution
Rajeev Rajan
Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology / Association For The Advancement Of Medical Instrumentation
doi:10.2345/0899-8205-46.s2.26
The article was chosen because the topic Overview of a Device-to-Cloud Solution is an important solution to be considered in using wireless solutions and Cloud concept in storing data in various healthcare information systems. Its a interesting concept because it enables clinicians and patients to use wireless and cloud technology to send, access and retrieve data wherever there is a wireless signal or connection. For clinicians, it is the chance to increase and promulgate the usage of wireless medical and communication devices to for data access, and data transmission. For patients, it is a chance to increase their independence and participation in self care through using medical devices for data input of their health values and testing for physician review. Either way, the usage of wireless and cloud technology enhances self dependence, data input efficiency, and improves data entry by both patients and clinicians. However, the focus of the article is towards the purpose of remote health monitoring (RHM). Continua Health Alliance (2012) defines RHM as " a technology that facilitates the monitoring, evaluation, and management of an individual patient through a remote interface that collects clinical data from the patient, such as vital signs and blood pressure, and then transmits the data to a remote healthcare provider for clinical review, care management, and patient education". The use of RHM via usage of wireless and cloud devices offers solution to the following problems in healthcare such as : decreased healthcare cost; decreased healthcare facility overcrowding; increased patient /family healthcare participation; real time remote care self management of care by patients/patient's family; faster response and more efficient healthcare management by clinicians. For healthcare delivery, it enables more patient participation to their care , accompanied by increased healthcare knowledge by patients. It also increases the patient-centered approach coordination by healthcare teams. Another healthcare implication of this article is that it allows increased mobilized healthcare mediation by healthcare professionals at home and on the streets prior to ED or hospital arrival. This also pushes clinicians and healthcare towards home health management of medical diseases and conditions for efficient and rapid response and treatment. Application to my practice include increased patient education for patients for increasing the use of technology for use at home for management of chronic diseases or those medical condition that do not warrant an emergency room / hospital visit.
References
Continua Health Alliance (2012). Retrieved June 20, 2012 from www.continuaalliance.org/index.html.
Rajan, R. (2012). The promise of wireless: an overview of a device-to-cloud mHealth solution. Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology / Association For The Advancement Of Medical Instrumentation, Suppl26-32. doi:10.2345/0899-8205-46.s2.26.
