On the internet side of things, i think a well managed health portal can be extremely good.
see this site, http://www.cheenykum.com/ -Deepak On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 2:14 AM, Deepak Narayan <deepa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Dr, > Ah, this is remarkable. I was never aware of these all developments > happening in India . > Thanks for the information. > All these ideas should go to the main stream usage, then we can see some > real progress. Even a highly stripped > down version of the DEBEL prototype can make a big difference. > If we use a lot of automation and proper information management in Hospitals > ( Define a proper workflow protocol) a lot of chaos > can be eliminated completely. > I hope the modern hospitals are using such systems (??). All govt ones > looked like complete chaos to me! > -Deepak > > On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Reji Rajan Varghese > <drrrvargh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Dear Deepak, >> >> Thanks for the informative mail with good link. >> >> I am much thrilled seeing your mail. The few thought you have suggested, I >> think are the best examples and are the ones under development nowadays. I >> am looking forward to meet a person like you. >> >> Here is my comments on your thought which you have enumerated >> >> The smart card as you suggested is under development and implementation >> under the health ministry under NHRM program. >> http://www.mohfw.nic.in/NRHM/Presentations/Key_Smart_presentation.pps >> >> The remote monitoring system you have mentioned is being developed by >> DEBEL, Banglore ( DRDO's Bioengineering Lab). I have seen this during my >> visit. >> http://www.journals.elsevierhealth.com/periodicals/jjbe/article/PIIS1350453307000975/abstract >> >> As you cited the example of diabetus, a glucose sensor is being >> developmented by DR. Wayne D Flash. >> >> http://sols.asu.edu/people/faculty/wfrasch.php >> >> He came to Kochi for the international conferance in nanotechnology few >> months back and had given a presentation on this. >> >> I have seen a prototype of the your idea for taking the image of the eye >> and sending it for expert opinion in the IKMC conferance, Hyderabad >> recently. The done by a group of mainly malayalees in banglore. There >> company has one the price of 25 lakhs. >> >> Medical image processing is one my areas of special interest. As you said >> there a lot variety of medical image which are used in diagnosis and in the >> treatment. Examples of the images include radiological images ( Xray, >> Ultrasound, CT, MRI, etc), Pathological Images ( cytology, histopathology), >> Opthalomological images and so on. Right now the algorithm is helping mainly >> for getting the image. For the image analysis and diagnosis is done mostly >> by an doctor. For image analysis, segmentation, registration and computer >> aided diagnosis the development in image processing can be made used. I have >> worked on algorithms for automatic segmentation of brain from MR images. >> Medical imaging , medical image processing is the areas where I can help the >> most. >> >> I think there could be lot more even in these problems one can contribute. >> This is a very small list of the medical application of the technology. I >> think you will find a lot of unmet needs of technology in medicine if you >> look forward. >> >> I am from Ernakulam,and I am also searching similar minded individuals >> from diverse disciplines. >> >> With Thanks & Regards >> >> Dr. Reji >> >> mob: 9447104176 >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Deepak Narayan <deepa...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Dear Dr, >>> Nice to see you on the list! :). >>> I have been thinking in the same lines for a while now. Putting >>> technology in the right place can revolutionize medical practice in here. >>> A few thoughts, >>> 1. Smartcard based patient information system. The consultation begins >>> with the Dr swiping the smart card on a reader and the entire medical >>> history can be checked using a PC application. This can be integrated to a >>> hospital information system. You can also store prescriptions in the >>> smartcard. Every registered patient of the hospital gets a card >>> >>> 2. A remote monitoring (multimonitor)system for patients who require >>> continuous care but not bedridden. Eg: Diabetes patients. The solution will >>> be a handheld device which can connect to a hospital server over the >>> internet. The device can have a GPRS connection or it can connect to the >>> home internet connection over wifi. The patient can send the blood sugar >>> readings (the device can integrate to a glucometer or any kind of meter) to >>> the doctor and Dr analyzes that on a patient information system. The dr can >>> push prescriptions , send reminders etc through the machine. May be the >>> machine can store all the health records too. >>> See an example here , http://www.logicpd.com/solutions/medical >>> http://www.logicpd.com/our-work >>> (check the handheld device in the photo, that runs Linux- i think Android) >>> 3. Automated quick first level diagnosis. eg: in a opthalmic hospital, >>> the photo of the eye is taken and the machine can determine which dept >>> should the patient be referred to. There can be an error rate in this, but >>> again it gets corrected in the 2nd level when the Dr sees the patient.I >>> think some ophthal hospitals have already implemented this system >>> see this comps offerings : http://www.acropetal.com/health_care.htm >>> 4. Small devices like Pulse Oximetry sensors. Semiconductor companies >>> like Texas Instruments have a single chip solution for this >>> http://focus.ti.com/docs/solution/folders/print/330.html >>> 5. Medical image processing using cloud computing infrastructure. There >>> is a lot of research going on in this image processing domain which analyzes >>> scans to automatically find out tumors etc. But most of these algorithms are >>> too computationally intensive >>> that they take weeks to process the data. >>> https://wiki.thayer.dartmouth.edu/display/nir/NIRFAST >>> There is some good research taking place in IISc bangalore. >>> >>> There can be a lot of such ideas if we do a brainstorming. The market is >>> huge and there is a social responsibility factor is enormous. My brother is >>> a Dr so i do have some conversations with him on these. I has been searching >>> for some similar minded individuals nearby. >>> >>> Thanks for reading. >>> -Deepak >>> http://deepak.dk >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Reji Rajan Varghese >>> <drrrvargh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Nice to hear about "the heart beat and pacemaker" in the linux based >>>> application. I would be happy to answer a medical related doubt or any help >>>> if some body is interested in developing any medical related application. >>>> >>>> I think in most cases you have a technology / software / hardware >>>> solution , you may be able to find a medical application if you work on it. >>>> If anybody is thinking in this direction, I would like to help you. Iam >>>> from >>>> Ernakulam. >>>> >>>> If you look at a hospital you can see that most of the treatment >>>> modality has its orgin from diverse discipline. If you look at a CT Scan >>>> machine, it evolved from the X ray machine by the implemenation of a >>>> mathematical concept “the radon transform”. This is just an example. You >>>> can >>>> start doing it in simple way. I mean you can think about modifying say your >>>> linux application for a medical need. >>>> >>>> With Regards >>>> >>>> Dr. Reji >>>> >>>> On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 3:06 PM, unni krishnan >>>> <unnikrishna...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Reji, >>>>> >>>>> No, they are purely Linux based applications used to create high >>>>> availability cluster. >>>>> >>>>> http://www.clusterlabs.org/wiki/Main_Page >>>>> http://linux-ha.org/ >>>>> >>>>> Happy to know that there is a doctor in this list, so now I can ask >>>>> biological doubts also in this list :-) >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Reji Rajan Varghese >>>>> <drrrvargh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> > Hi unni, >>>>> > >>>>> > I am a Medical doctor using ubantu. I am just curious seeing your >>>>> > mail. >>>>> > >>>>> > Are you taking about the biological heartbeat and the biomedical >>>>> > device “the >>>>> > pacemaker” ? Or these are some other technicall stuff? >>>>> > >>>>> > Regards >>>>> > >>>>> > Dr. Reji >>>>> > >>>>> > On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:01 PM, unni krishnan >>>>> > <unnikrishna...@gmail.com> >>>>> > wrote: >>>>> >> >>>>> >> Hi, >>>>> >> >>>>> >> I am currently working on a high availability setup with heartbeat + >>>>> >> pacemaker + drbd + ocfs2 >>>>> >> >>>>> >> For ocsf2 I have lot of doubts since I am new to cluster file >>>>> >> systems. >>>>> >> Is there anyone who already worked/researched in cluster file >>>>> >> systems >>>>> >> like ocfs2 or gfs, so that I can talk directly. >>>>> >> >>>>> >> Its not possible to ask it through this list, because there are >>>>> >> bunch >>>>> >> of doubts :-) >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> -- >>>>> >> Regards, >>>>> >> Unni >>>>> >> >>>>> >> _______________________________________________ >>>>> >> Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List >>>>> >> http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ >>>>> >> >>>>> >> http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org >>>>> >> #ilugko...@irc.freenode.net >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>>> > Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List >>>>> > http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ >>>>> > >>>>> > http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org >>>>> > #ilugko...@irc.freenode.net >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Unni >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List >>>>> http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ >>>>> >>>>> http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org >>>>> #ilugko...@irc.freenode.net >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List >>>> http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ >>>> http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org >>>> #ilugko...@irc.freenode.net >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> http://blog.deepak.dk/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List >>> http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ >>> http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org >>> #ilugko...@irc.freenode.net >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List >> http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ >> http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org >> #ilugko...@irc.freenode.net > > > > -- > > http://blog.deepak.dk/ > -- http://blog.deepak.dk/ _______________________________________________ Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org #ilugko...@irc.freenode.net
