Telemedicine Technologies: Information Technologies in Medicine and Telehealth

Contents

List of Figures

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

1 Introduction

1.1 Information Technology and Healthcare Professionals

1.2 Providing Healthcare to Patients

1.3 Healthcare Informatics Developments

1.4 Different Definitions of Telemedicine

1.5 Overview on Telemedicine

1.6 The Growth of the Internet: Information Flooding in E-Health

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2 Communication Networks and Services

2.1 Wireless Communications Basics

2.2 Types of Wireless Networks

2.3 The Outdoor Operating Environment

2.4 RFID in Telemedicine

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3 Wireless Technology in Patient Monitoring

3.1 Body Area Networks

3.2 Emergency Rescue

3.3 Remote Recovery

3.4 At the Hospital

3.5 General Health Assessments

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4 Technologies in Medical Information Processing

4.1 Collecting Data from Patients

4.2 Bio-signal Transmission and Processing

4.3 Patient Records and Data Mining Applications

4.4 Knowledge Management for Clinical Applications

4.5 Electronic Drug Store

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5 Wireless Telemedicine System Deployment

5.1 Planning and Deployment Considerations

5.2 Scalability to Support Future Growth

5.3 Integration with Existing IT Infrastructure

5.4 Evaluating IT Service and Solution Provider

5.5 Quality Measurement

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6 Technologies for Safeguarding Medical Data and Privacy

6.1 Information Security Overview

6.2 Cryptography

6.3 Safeguarding Patient Medical History

6.4 Anonymous Data Collection and Processing

6.5 Biometric Security and Identification

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7 Information Technology in Alternative ...