ICT and medicine

1. ICT and medicine

2. Objectives The uses of ICT in medicine in patient records, medical equipments, internet devices�etc Advantages and disadvantages of using ICT in medicine Computers and the disabled Examples of computer systems used by the disabled

3. The uses of ICT in medicine

4. Patient records Medical records used to be stored on paper but now it is transferred to a computer data base It keeps a track of patients� medical history e.g. the prescribed drugs and what illness the patient has suffered from Data bases of patients have been used to track trends in illnesses such as heart disease Data bases of organ donors and patients needing transplant

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7. Medical equipments Scanners Are used to process their data into a readable format Microprocessors Are used to control a variety of medical devices such as pacemakers Computer guided lasers Are used in operations. For example the removal of brain tumors

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10. Research ICT has changed the way in which medical research is conducted Modelling the effects of new drugs ICT is used to conduct clinical trials Collaboration between international teams e.g. Human Genome Project

11. Research

12. Research

13. Web-based diagnosis (Internet services) You can find a wide variety of medical information such as : Symptom diagnosis, for people who wish to identify their problem without consulting a GP (General practitioner) Access to medical research/journals Information about side effects Information about available treatments

14. Web-based diagnosis

15. Web-based diagnosis

16. Expert systems Also called knowledge-based systems They are computer programs that attempt to replicate the performance of a human expert on some specialized reasoning tasks Store and manipulate knowledge so that they can help the user to solve a problem or make a decision Expert systems are being used for disease diagnosis

17. Example of expert systems Robots They have been used to perform very accurate operation such as those on the brain

18. Expert systems

19. Expert systems

20. Communications Teleconferencing has been used to share expertise Surgeons in one country can help those in the other Wireless transmission provides a link between hospitals and doctors Telecommunications Remote diagnosis can be used to diagnose and treat patients remotely Patients can monitor their own conditions at home without need for a visit in a hospital

21. Computers and the disabled About 10% of people in Britain has some kind of disability Computer systems : Improve the ability to communicate Provide opportunities for independence and employment Examples: Scanners to convert printed text to verbal out put for visually impaired Voice recognition equipment to convert speech to printed output for hearing impaired Special pointing devices to allow interaction with computer for physically impaired Vision systems with sensors built into special glasses Computerized devices implanted to improve mobility for physically impaired

22. Examples Scanners to convert printed text to verbal out put for visually impaired Voice recognition equipment to convert speech to printed output for hearing impaired Special pointing devices to allow interaction with computer for physically impaired Vision systems with sensors built into special glasses Computerized devices implanted to improve mobility for physically impaired

23. Done by: HADEEL ALLAM