This document provides an overview of e-health applications and services. It discusses how next generation networks and quality of service can help enable tele-consultation services, mobile health, and disease management. The benefits of e-health include improved communication, decision support, and reporting. However, challenges remain regarding information quality, infrastructure, and legal/financial issues. Future work includes advancing technologies and prioritizing information flow to help people lead healthier lives.

1. “ICDCIT – 2013”
e-Health Applications
Prepared & Submitted by
Deepak Kumar Mohapatra

2. OVERVIEW
• Introduction
• NGN : Next Generation Networks
• QoS : Quality of Service
• Mapping
• Tele-Consultation
• e-Health Related services
• m-Health
• Disease Management Scopes
• Benefits and Challenges
• Conclusion and Future Scopes

3. INTRODUCTION
 e-HEALTH is defined as:
 Application of the Internet and other
related technologies in the healthcare
industry to improve the
o Access
o Efficiency
o Effectiveness
o Quality of treatment
o Business processes
utilized by healthcare organizations,
practitioners, patients and consumers
with the help of next generation
networks (NGN) to Improve the health
status of patients.

4. WHO defines e-Health as...
e-Health is the cost effective and secure use of
information and communication technologies in
support of the health and health related fields
including healthcare, health surveillance and health
education, knowledge and research.

5. NGN
 NGN : Next Generation Networks
 With recent trends and technology advancement in the
development of converged broadband next generation
networks (NGNs) and advanced multimedia services, the
potential has increased in delivering of various e-Health
services to end users “anywhere, anytime”.

6. QoS
 QoS : Quality of Service
 The wide variety of e-Health services impose
different Quality of Service (QoS) requirements on
underlying networks.

7. QoS

8. QoS Requirements for e-Health Services
 e-Health Service Classification
 Multimedia Conferencing
a) Still and Streaming Medical Images
b) Transmission of Patient Vital Signs
c) Tele-Robotic System
d) Research and Education

9. e-Health Classification

10. Mapping of e-Health services
Mapping in e-Health is
a particular service
may comprise multiple
media types and traffic
flows that may need to
be mapped to
different areas where
the service is required.

11. Tele-Consultation
 Tele-Consult or e-consult or Tele-Medicine
 It involves real-time video conferencing and streaming of
ECG signals between a patient and a doctor. The service
enables a patient or doctor to initiate an e-consult session
using an appropriate research prototype client service media
application.

12. Tele-medicine

16. e-Health Related services
• Index of available programs and services.
• Calendar of events.
• Patient satisfaction surveys.
• Service provider directories.
• Patient e-mail services.
• Health news.

17. m-Health
• m-Health includes the use of
mobile devices in collecting
aggregate and patient level
health data.
• Providing healthcare information
to practitioners, researchers, and
the patients.
• It ensures a great support to the
e-Health programs.

18. Disease management scopes
 Health risks assessment
 Patient support groups
 Online discussion forums
 Moderated chat with guest experts
 comprehensive patient education
 “Ask an expert” triage for patients seeking
medical advice
 Electronic newsletter subscription

19. Benefits of e-Health
 Improve communication among healthcare
stakeholders.
 Facilitate better decision support.
 Reduce medical errors.
 Enhance reporting capabilities.
 Encourage disease prevention and wellness.

20. e-Health challenges
 6 main areas of e-Health challenges are...
o Information (Inaccurate and Incomplete)
o Human resources (Inadequate or Brain-
drained)
o Infrastructure
o Quality and security of data.
o Financial and legal issues.
o Authenticity

21. Conclusion and Future Scope
 Developed research and training in this field.
 Working of Govt. And Private sectors in a
parallel manner.
 Prioritisation of the information flow with ICT.
 Public support.
 Advancement of technologies.
 Lead a long, healthy and a prosperous life.

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Simulation.
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• PhysioBank, http://www.physionet.org/physiobank/.