把医生装进你的口袋


把医生装进你的口袋

 
 
 
 
 

把医生装进你的口袋
2009-06-20 11:29:00 来源: 四川新闻网-成都商报(成都) 
  古埃及人被认为早在公元前2750年就进行了外科手术,随后,罗马人又发明了医疗工具,如医用钳子和手术用针。到了现代,发现探索的浪潮给人们带来了诸多奇迹,如抗生素,疫苗和心脏支架。这些都促进了医疗的改革。

  考虑到创新的历史,医疗保健行业却迟迟没有拥抱信息技术(IT)。自从20世纪80年代起,其他的大型产业都兴致勃勃地开始了电脑化进程,而世界大多数地区的医生仍旧是与笔和纸打交道。

  今天,该行业终于准备赶上这一趋势。此次的特别报道将向你介绍,信息技术、网络技术给现代医疗行业带来的巨大变革。一张虚拟的电子健康记录单,一个可搜索式的医疗数据库,一个管理药品的“智慧的网络”,都将全面革新现在的临床实践,甚至实现人们长久以来的梦想———远程治疗。

  生病了,

  手机立马告诉你

  手机除了打电话、发短信外,还有什么功能?有人用它上网聊天,有人用它收发电子邮件,还有人用它导航。如今,科学家正在进行研究,以期赋予手机一个更“严肃”的使命,“投身”健康。

  化验用药手机都能搞定

  加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校研究人员正在利用手机的全球定位系统(GPS)功能、摄像机和其他设备,通过安装不同软件实现不同目的。他们给这种手机起名为“共享传感”。“共享传感”手机能帮助使用者检测运动习惯与健康状况,提示使用者按时服药,并询问是否出现副作用。这对糖尿病、高血压等慢性病患者尤为重要。

  “如果你摔倒后弄伤髋关节,马上就能知道。但是,当你慢慢地,比如在一年时间里减少活动量,可能就不会意识到你的健康正在受影响,”专家说。

  近日科学家还开发了一种能够读取试样、血检化验的手机芯片。发明芯片的戴尔·阿赛说:“对于患者而言,漫长的等待化验结果是一种令人极为痛苦的经历。在这种芯片的帮助下,医生能在患者床边就立即化验,而且当场获得结果。芯片还可以植入手机,而后通过无线网络将化验结果传送给需要的人。”阿赛说:“想像一下甲型H1N1流感的例子,如果机场的每一个人都拥有这种装置,就能立即进行诊断。”

  发送短信保护病人隐私

  南非的夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省,人口密集高,卫生条件非常落后,有着全世界数一数二的高艾滋病感染率。任黑尔·萨贝斯女士感染了HIV病毒,于是发起了一个自救方案“iTeach”。她和伙伴们发明了一种利用手机的聪明办法,协助沉默压抑的艾滋病患者。

  萨贝斯联手一家大型手机公司MTN、好几个美国学术机构、还有一些其他的团体,一天发出上百万条手机短信,用各地的方言鼓励收讯者拨打国家的防治艾滋病热线。短信效果出奇的好,连以前不易联络的年轻男子族群都能收到。现在“iTeach”计划为人们安排诊所,并提供医疗保健箱。

  “iTeach”计划现已成为全世界规模最大的手机健康技术的实验对象。萨贝斯女士认为该计划成功的关键,并不是因为手机很普及,而是因为手机属于个人隐私,人们不用担心艾滋病讯息被公开,而且短信不像广播电台或是广告看板,很容易被漏听或是漏看。(杨筱亦)

  不出门,

  上网就能看医生

  杰伊·帕金森是一名儿科医生,清晨他总是边喝咖啡边看电脑上的工作安排。喝完咖啡,他把第一位要见的病人地址输进iphone,然后登门治疗。有的病人愿意上网或发短信求医,帕金森都乐意奉陪。

  这是“你好,健康”计划里勾画出的明日医疗蓝图———网上看病。

  帕金森的“你好,健康”计划始于2007年。当时,帕金森刚从医学院毕业,欠了数十万的教育贷款。尽管作为一名儿科医生,他每年能挣7.7万美元,但和银行债务相比还远远不够。于是,像很多年轻的创业者一样,他开办了一家网站:那些潜在的患者可以在他的Google日历上进行预约。他们登录网站,留下姓名、地址以及病情描述,然后帕金森就据此上门应诊。之后,患者再通过PayPal(一种网络支付方式)支付诊金。

  几周后,当地的媒体注意到了帕金森的小规模实践。他被邀请上了美国王牌脱口秀节目《科尔伯特报告》,还得到两本书和一部电影的合约。“我很吃惊,”帕金森回忆说,“人们都希望事情能够变得更好,大家都知道现在的医疗体系糟透了。”之后,他接到了一家加拿大软件公司(Myca)的电话。结果,“你好,健康”项目就这样诞生了。

  如今,一走进帕金森的诊所,你会发现那完全不是你印象中传统诊所的样子:没有接待人员,没有文件柜,甚至等待区也没有,只有几个医生在使用手提电脑工作,不时还掏出用iPhone摆弄一下。

  在“你好,健康”网站,患者每月交纳35美元就可成为会员,然后根据自己的时间进行网上预约。第一次就诊必须面对面,之后患者就可以通过e-mail、视频通话或MSN和医生保持联系。上门出诊要收费,但e-mail和短信是免费的。此外,患者的所有档案、记录,甚至是预约安排都在“你好,健康”的网络平台上。不过,你不必担心隐私被侵犯,因为所有的记录都只有患者本人和他的医疗团队能够获得。

  7月1日,“你好,健康”的网络平台服务范围将进一步扩大,其他医院和诊所的医生也可加入进来,从而成为一个医生合作的网络。医生们可以相互交流、咨询,比如上传一张皮肤病的照片,然后询问红斑狼疮方面的专家是否同意自己的诊断。他们还可以通过短信收集患者有关病情发展的数据,比如一名糖尿病患者一天就会收到三条短信,询问他的血糖水平。这些数据都会放在患者的个人网页上,便于医疗团队成员未来可以查询。另外,病情相同的患者还可以建立小组,互相交流病情,医生也可以随时给他们发送有关的研究和相关医学进展。

  革新从来都不是一两天的事儿。2004年,Facebook诞生在哈佛,如今连老年人都在使用它。所以,不论是医疗数字化,或是就医远程化,没什么是不可能的。(杨筱亦)

  Google

  监测疾病暴发

  从疟疾到霍乱,从非典到甲型H1N1流感,每次流行病的到来都让人类措手不及。Google开发了一种新软件,有望提前预知下一波流行病到来的时间和地点。

  Google慈善部门的拉里·布里兰特医师介绍,综合手机通讯和信息科技,搭配活跃的全球监控系统,可早于SARS或HIV转变成全球流行前,侦测到蛛丝马迹。他说:“关键在于早期的侦测和有效的处置。”

  布里兰特介绍说预测和预防传染疾病的关键就是电子侦测。Google联合麻省理工学院的媒体实验室等开发了一种软件,预测传染病的暴发。例如,软件可以梳理网络,搜寻各种语言的新闻报道,监测地区性传染病的暴发。

  在《自然》杂志二月号的一份研究里,Google成功示范了这种技术,领先于美国疾病控制中心一周时间,提早发现流行传染病的暴发。(吴涵)


(本文来源:成都商报 ) 

Doctors into your pocket
2009-06-20 11:29:00 Source: Sichuan News Net - Chengdu Commercial Daily (Chengdu)
Be considered as early as the ancient Egyptians in 2750 BC on the surgery, followed by the Romans also invented the medical tools, such as medical and surgical needle pliers. Today, found that the wave of exploration has brought many miracles, such as antibiotics, vaccines and heart stents. These are the promotion of the health care reform.

Taking into account the history of innovation, health care industry but has yet to embrace information technology (IT). Since the 20th century, since the 80's, and other large-scale industries are in high spirits to begin the process of the computer, while doctors in most parts of the world is still dealing with the pen and paper.

Today, the industry is finally ready to catch up with this trend. This special report will introduce you to, information technology, network technology to the modern medical industry to bring enormous changes. A virtual electronic health records, a search of a medical database, a management medicine, "the wisdom of the network" will overhaul the current clinical practice, or even a long time to achieve the dream of people --- Remote treatment.

Sick,

Phone immediately to tell you

In addition to phone calls and send text messages, are there any other features? Some people use the Internet to chat, some people use it to send and receive e-mail, and others use it to navigation. Today, scientists are studying with a view to give the phone a more "serious" mission, "to join the" Healthy.

Drug testing can get mobile phones

UCLA researchers are using the phone's Global Positioning System (GPS) capabilities, cameras and other equipment, by installing different software to achieve different purposes. They named this phone as a "shared sense." "Shared sense" mobile phone users can help testing exercise habits and health status, medication prompts the user time and asked if side effects occur. This diabetes, hypertension and other chronic diseases is particularly important.

"If you hurt the hip after the fall, will be able to know immediately. However, when you slowly, such as in the year to reduce the volume of activities, may not be aware of your health is being affected," experts say .

Recently, scientists have developed an ability to read the sample, blood tests of mobile phone chips. Al-Dai invention tournament chips, said: "For patients, the long wait for test results is an extremely painful experience. In such a chip with the help of doctor to the patient bedside tests immediately, and the spot results. chipset can also be implanted in the phone, and then through the wireless network test results will be sent to those who need it. "Asai said:" Imagine the example of Type A influenza H1N1, if everyone in the airport with such devices, diagnosis can be carried out immediately. "

Send text messages to protect patient privacy

South Africa, KwaZulu - Natal Province, the high population density, hygiene conditions are backward, one of the best the world has a high AIDS infection rates. Ren and Ms.尔萨贝斯infected with HIV virus, then launched a self-help program "iTeach". She and her partners have invented a clever way to use mobile phones to help silence suppressed AIDS.

萨贝斯together a large mobile phone company MTN, several academic institutions in the United States, there are a number of other groups, issued on the day of one million mobile phone text messages, and dialects across the call to encourage the recipient countries to fight AIDS hotline. SMS surprisingly good results, even before the young man is not easy to contact groups can receive. Now "iTeach" plans to arrange for people to clinics and provide medical保健箱.

"ITeach" program has become the world's largest mobile phone technology in health subjects. Ms.萨贝斯that the key to the success of the plan, not because the phone is very popular, but because the phone is a personal privacy, people do not need to worry about AIDS, the message was open, and unlike SMS advertising billboards or radio, can easily be missed hearing leakage or see. (杨筱also)

Do not go out,

Internet access will be able to see a doctor

Jay Parkinson, a pediatrician, he is always early morning coffee while watching the computer work arrangements. Drinking coffee, his first address to see the patients entered into the iphone, and then come to treatment. Some patients are willing to access the Internet or send text messages to see a doctor, have been willing to fight Parkinson's.

This is the "Hello, Health" plan lays out a blueprint of tomorrow --- online medical doctor.

Parkinson's "Hello, Health" program began in 2007. At that time, Parkinson's graduation from medical school, due to the education of hundreds of thousands of loans. Although, as a pediatrician, he earns about 77,000 U.S. dollars each year, but compared to bank debt and still far from enough. So, like many young entrepreneurs, he launched a Web site: potential patients who may in his appointment on Google Calendar. Their Web site, leave your name, address and description of the disease, and Parkinson's patients on this site. After the patient through PayPal (a network of payment) the payment of fees.

A few weeks later, local media have taken note of the small-scale practice of Parkinson's. He was invited on a talk show trump the United States, "Colbert Report", also received two books and a movie contract. "I am very surprised," Parkinson recalled, "people have hope that things can change for the better, as we all know the health care system is bad." After that, he received a Canadian software company (Myca) call. A result, "Hello, Health" project was born.

Today, I walked into the clinic with Parkinson's, you will find that it is not the impression you like the traditional clinics: there is no reception staff, no filing cabinets, and even there is no waiting area, only a few doctors in the use of laptop computers work, not when iPhone to play out with you.

In the "Hello, Health" Web site, patients pay 35 U.S. dollars a month can become a member, and then according to their own time-line booking. Treatment must be the first face-to-face, followed by patients on the e-mail, video calls or MSN to keep in touch and doctors. Door-to-door visits to the charges, but e-mail and SMS is free of charge. In addition, the patients all the files, records, and even the appointment in the "Hello, Health" network platform. However, you do not have to worry about infringement of privacy because the records of all patients with only himself and his medical team can be.

July 1, "Hello, health" of the network platform will further expand the scope of services, other hospitals and clinics, doctors can also be joined in order to become a network of doctors. Doctors communicate with each other, consulting, such as a skin upload photos, and then asked whether lupus experts agree that their own diagnosis. They also can be collected through the SMS-related disease progression in patients with data, such as a diabetic will receive three text messages a day asking him if the blood glucose level. These data will be on the patient's personal web page for health care team members can learn about the future. In addition, patients with the same condition also can create groups to exchange the disease, doctors can also be sent to them at any time-related research and medical progress.

Innovation has never been the thing for a day or two. In 2004, Facebook was born in Harvard, not even the elderly now have to use it. Therefore, regardless of the number of medical or long-distance medical treatment, and nothing is impossible. (杨筱also)

Google

Monitoring of disease outbreaks

From malaria to cholera, influenza A H1N1 from SARS to avian flu, the arrival of each epidemic are so unprepared humanity. Google has developed a new software to predict the next pandemic is expected to advance the time and place of arrival.

Google physician拉里布里兰特charitable sector, the comprehensive mobile communications and information technology, with active global surveillance system can be as early as SARS or global epidemic of HIV into the former, detected traces. He said: "The key lies in early detection and effective disposal."

Brilliant, said the forecast and prevention of infectious diseases is the key to electronic surveillance. Google co-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, such as the development of a software to predict outbreaks of infectious diseases. For example, the software can sort out the network, searching for news reports in various languages, monitoring of regional outbreaks of infectious diseases.

In "Nature" in February issue of a journal study, Google successfully demonstrated this technology, leading the Centers for Disease Control in the United States a week, early detection of epidemic outbreaks of infectious diseases. (吴涵)


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