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Telemedicine .. Technological innovation in telemedicine is a way to improve the effectiveness of the health system by increasing the choices given to patients

Organizational change is one of the most important topics of modern thought, especially in health organizations. The effective work of these organizations has a direct impact on the health level of the society and is required to achieve the highest level of effectiveness to provide the best health services to society to achieve the highest level of development and health.
Waiting for treatment increases the costs of the health sector, such as the lack of productivity for the patients, the deterioration of the patient's health and the increase in the mortality rate, etc. The arrangements and reforms that have been implemented have not yet produced results. Especially with the shortage of doctors (particularly in the south), as well as the problems of long delays and delays.
Public health systems lack the encouragement of innovation and telemedicine offers important prospects for these systems through modern technologies that have allowed increased productivity in many fields and can also be increased in health services. The opportunities offered by telephone diagnostics, virtual clinics and telemedicine services deserve to be taken into account As a model for organizational change in hospitals, technological innovation in telemedicine is a way to improve the effectiveness of the health system by increasing patient choices.

Telemedicine .. Innovation in hospitals to change the way medical services are introduced, improved and diversified to suit patient expectations

Current organizations face many external internal pressures and challenges that affect their survival, growth and viability. The global system is characterized by its rapid movement in which changes and transformations are taking place and the forces of change are rising in many parts of the world. The degree of change varies from one organization to another. The extent of change in their environment and their ability to respond to change vary. This change may be a result of a planned planned effort. The importance of change stems from the fact that many management methods, objectives, procedures, policies and programs need to be adjusted to meet the requirements of renewal A better approach would make better use of available human and material resources. Which requires Governments and the management of organizations to make the necessary arrangements and further improvements to the various programs and processes and even to modify the culture of these organizations in order to meet these challenges and thus strengthen their viability and growth.
The hospital is one of the forms of organizations that aim to produce health services for members of the community and we see them as a productive organization, providing what can be called in the language of production management human maintenance of human resources available and expected in society.
Some types of innovation in hospitals have become an important necessity for changing the way in which medical services are provided, improved and diversified to suit the patient's expectations. After a doctor's visit was necessary, and the surgeon's long waiting for a precise operation, Even remote surgery where the patient needs to go to the doctor or ask the doctor to visit at home to treat it, but doctors now want to reduce distances and penetrate the walls to reach their patients relying on the modern technology where the development Telemedicine The main aim of the project was to provide medical services in rural areas, parallel to those offered in large cities and capitals, reduce patient transport expenses and communicate patient and physician, providing the greatest comfort to the patient who may suffer from travel problems.
Many international experiences have demonstrated the opportunities that innovation in hospitals, including telemedicine, has given us as a kind of innovation in hospitals to continually improve the delivery of the best medical services and quality.

Hospital concept.. A complex social and artistic organization with a family for hypnosis. Provide preventive and curative health care to the entire population

The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified the hospital as the integral part of the social health organization. Its function is to provide preventive and curative health care to the entire population. The outpatient services reach every family in its area of residence. It is also a training center for health workers and social and vital research.
Dr. Mohamed Amin said that the hospital is a complex technical social organization (a complex main system) that contains a family of hypnosis and consists of a group of activities, mainly the treatment activity, diagnostic activity, nursing activity, , The activity of the administrative units and the activity of the advisory units, which affect each other to achieve the objectives of providing health care.

Modern Hospital Jobs .. Education and training of medical personnel. Achieving a high level of quality health care

The functions of hospitals differ from one another because of the different objectives behind their establishment. However, there are basic functions that most modern hospitals share:
- Achieving a high level of quality of health care.
- Education and training of medical personnel.
- Promoting research in the fields of medical science and other health-related sciences.
- Providing primary health care services necessary to improve community health.

The distinctive characteristics of the hospital .. A complex organization that includes a large number of individuals in addition to the exact specialization in its various departments and methods of technology used in prevention and treatment

The hospital has natural characteristics and distinct characteristics from other organizations. These characteristics can be summarized as follows:
- The hospital is an open system with many partial systems that interact with each other.
- The hospital is a complex organization, which includes a large number of individuals in addition to the exact specialization in different departments and methods of technology used in prevention and treatment.
- The hospital is a human system of the first order because it works for the sick person or the beneficiary of its services.
- Hospital multi-purpose system.

The concept of telemedicine (e-mail) .. The use of remote communication techniques for the diagnosis of medical treatment and care of patients

Telemedicine developed in the early 1980s with the primary aim of providing medical services in poor countries or rural areas parallel to those offered in large cities and capitals, reducing the costs of patient transmission and communicating patient and physician so as to provide the greatest comfort to the patient who may Suffers from the trouble of traveling to cities and moving long distances to harm his health.
The practice of telemedicine refers to the use of tele-communication techniques for the diagnosis, treatment and care of patients.
Telemedicine is the practice of telemedicine by modern means of communication. The new technology has influenced production techniques so that electronic medicine has become possible through modern means of communication.
Telemedicine (Télémédecine) is the use of medical information exchanged from one location to another through electronic communications for the health and awareness of the patient and for the purpose of improving patient care.
For example, a specialist at the University of North Carolina Hospital was able to diagnose a very fine fracture in the spine of a remote rural patient using video imaging techniques. The patient's life was saved because the necessary surgical procedure was performed at the scene without physically transferring the patient to the specialist who was away A large distance.
Dr. Faydi Omar Mahmoud, president of the Arab Doctors Union in Europe (at first sight, clinics - when he hears electronic medicine imagines a contradiction in the term, but this contradiction does not exist in fact because the usual is the inherent doctor to the patient when necessary and necessary, And remote assistance, ie, emergency medicine, which is used in exceptional cases when the doctor and the patient are not present in one place and communication is made over the Internet.)
Dr. Abdelkader Martini, President of Al-Andalus University for Medical Sciences in Syria, said that electronic medicine is currently available on air transport lines. The reason is that the number of deaths during travel is about 4,000 passengers per year, while the deaths due to accidents do not exceed 1800 passengers per year. This requires the presence of a special type of medicine during travel flights, where there are some international airlines provide this service through high-tech networks that provide direct contact with any doctor available at the nearest air port to provide all medical services electronically and achieve a satisfactory condition of the patient adds: J 40 thousand ships sailing across the seas and oceans which distant thousands of miles from the nearest seaport accessible to secure a therapist for the case of satisfying urgent leads to the possibility of medical conditions need to be a competent physician must therefore this service is wider and greater also the maritime sector availability.
The most important medical services offered by telemedicine are telephone diagnosis, virtual clinics and telemedicine.

Telephone diagnosis.. Solve minor health problems and minimize unnecessary mobility

Telephone diagnosis - les consultations téléphoniques
Canadians know the Info Santé Health Information Service, which allows phone calls with 24/24 hours and 7/7 nurses where the nurse responds to the questions of the beneficiaries and directs them to the appropriate interest.
Tela Doc Medical service has developed a similar concept to Info Santé so that doctors can conduct medical diagnosis over the phone and prescribe medication instead of nurses. The organization keeps medical files for patients after the necessary information is collected by the physician during diagnosis, and this type of service has proved effective In addition, 91% of Tela Doc members confirmed that the doctor who diagnosed them had solved their health problems and 97% of the patients who were interviewed were satisfied with the health services provided to them. Growth in the number of members The Foundation has 1.6 million members.

Virtual clinics .. Facilitate access to medical services. Low diagnostic cost default

Virtual clinics - les cliniques virtuelles
The first online clinic was opened in Hawaii at the beginning of 2009 by Blue Cross Shield Association in cooperation with American Well. The patient can contact the doctor directly on the clinic's website, equipped with a computer, internet and a camera. The patient through this service does not need to take an appointment or to move, especially if the doctor and patient on the same geographical area.
When the patient is unable to travel, be traveling, or need medical follow-up in case of chronic illness or immediate help, and even visit visits are not necessary. Virtual clinics are very effective. According to American Well, in addition to facilitating access to medical services, 50% of the doctor's visit to his clinic.

Medical services remotely .. Send physiological information at the end of the medical observation and medical follow-up of the patient

Telemedicine - les télé soins a domicile:
Remote medical services are to send physiological information at the end of the medical monitoring and medical follow-up of the patient as well. Telemedicine services are especially important in the case of chronic diseases. The home is equipped with a set of devices necessary to follow the patient with his teaching and use. Of the patient to a special nurse before the intervention is expeditious if necessary.
Studies have confirmed that e-health services can treat more than one patient by the same nurse and provide quality services as well.

Communication Medicine .. Monitor physiological functions such as blood pressure, rapid heartbeat and body temperature. Treatment of the transmission of the results of brain power schemes and heart and echocardiography

The concept of communicative medicine began in the 1960s when NASA began studying the physiological changes of astronauts during their space travels.
Scientists at the agency have demonstrated the ability to monitor physiological functions such as blood pressure, heart rate and body temperature by doctors on the ground. Other early tests have also demonstrated the possibility of remote diagnosis and transfer of medical data while maintaining quality and detail.
Objectives: At present, about 10,000 radiographs carry normal x-ray images, withdrawn CT images, ultrasound, MRI and nuclear medicine films without affecting the quality and quality of images. The transmission of the results of brain power schemes and heart and echo electric schemes can also be addressed with resolution High.

Objectives of e-medicine .. Improved communication between remote health centers, hospitals located in urban and remote areas and international medical specialists

Objectives of e-Medicine:
- Improving experience and health in participating countries.
- Assisting physicians with little experience in the diagnosis process.
- Provide a training facility for the medical group in remote areas or countries with little experience in medicine.
- Providing advanced medical service in case of emergency.
- Reduce health service costs by improving patient orientation.
- Reduce the costs of transporting patients to consultant physicians in Europe, for example.
- Increased use of counseling services.
- Facilitate cooperation between hospitals in the provision of medical care.
- Reducing the isolation of medical personnel in different and remote areas.
- Exchange of experience and the reach of medical and pharmaceutical studies and research.
- Providing training courses for technical and paramedical workers.
- Provide educational programs for graduates (continuing medical education).
- Technology transfer.
Telemedicine and e-health aim to improve communication between remote health centers, urban and remote hospitals and international medical specialists, to provide better pharmaceuticals and other medical materials, and to effectively develop medical information and programs for health care practices.

Benefits of e-Medicine .. The combination of speed, ease of use and the effectiveness of wireless technologies and broadband communication systems

The benefits of multi-media e-learning can increase health care, cost less than travel to remote locations, and enhance medical cooperation in sharing specialized information and expertise. The use of foreign specialists from different countries can be easy and inexpensive. The exchange of cases of the most important pillars of the outstanding doctor.
The importance of the telemedicine project is that it combines the speed, ease of use, effectiveness of wireless technologies and broadband communication systems as well as economic efficiency and cost savings.
Telemedicine is also used primarily in telemedicine conferences, which allow direct audio and video communication to many people in many different regions. The conference is transmitted via the network to all those who wish to participate.

Pros of telemedicine and e-medicine.. Dermatology. Ear, Nose and Throat. Medical consultations. chronic diseases. Heart disease

It stands out in many medical fields, most notably the following:
- Pathology: In the context of pathology, the use of microscopes visible through global networks enables the transmission of detailed images of the sectors of tissue, which make diagnosis of diseases easier and more effective, especially in small hospitals that do not have the potential to accurately detect the hidden diseases, And then treated with appropriate surgical treatment.
- ENT: In the context of nose, ear and throat are sent binocular images directly to be diagnosed by specialists.
- Telemedicine Consultations: In telemedicine consultations, the patient's radiation is used and transmitted through communication networks and through dedicated devices. Radiology is received and accurate diagnosis is sent to the sender.
Dermatology: In dermatology, patients are collected in the Visual Meeting Studio, where they are contacted by the specialist dermatologist at the specialized center. The patient is discussed at the same time until a diagnosis is obtained and the appropriate treatment is described.
- chronic diseases: chronic diseases come so that the patient can follow his condition periodically with a specialist doctor, for example, the patient is one of the most common chronic diseases can the patient to send a periodic report on the status and level of high sugar or drop from his residence to receive instructions from The doctor also periodically.
- Cardiology: where the practitioner remotely, transfer the ECG in a visual image allows the diagnosis of critical cases in particular.
- Conferences and marketing of medical services: Telemedicine is not only a remote diagnosis but also allows for the development of medical sciences through discussions and presentations through telemedicine conferences.
Today, telemedicine is evolving into the medical world: many hospitals have begun to participate in global projects aimed at marketing their telemedicine services. For example, Mayo Medical Center, which benefits from its medical services 400,000 patients annually, including 12 thousand foreign patients belonging to the Middle East and Europe, representing 12% of the income of the Center and is moving now linking this center with two Jordanian hospitals, allowing doctors to exchange Opinion about complex medical conditions, similar network was also formed in Saudi Arabia.

Medical cards and health information networks .. Visible transfer of health insurance exchange papers, communication between doctors, access to information networks and scheduling of appointments by specialists

Medical cards and health information networks:
Or "Chip Cards", such as the shiny Carla Medical Card launched by the company, "Proxy Mead" US, and contains all the medical information of the holder, and can be read from all devices that contain a "reader" of the card, and the code or code France has set up a social health information network in 1996, as well as a Cartel-like card that contains information related to emergency medicine. The British Health Information Network, which was established in 1993, Discharge health insurance, also allows communication between Doctors, access to informational networks, as well as booking appointments by specialists.
In the United States of America, a $ 25 doctor a month can obtain medical information periodically through the Internet and send e-mails; to know the social rights guaranteed to the patients, but can get the analysis and the results of the process and also automatically get the results of analyzes directly from Laboratories, can obtain numbered radiographs, reports from hospitals, also buy equipment and medicines.

Health services sites .. Patients presented their case with all medical documents from medical reports or radiographs on specialists

Health services sites:
Where the patient can contact any doctor anywhere in the world from his home, a patient who is not comfortable for psychological or social reasons for the convenience of the doctor's appointment about the real state can meet a doctor is not known in any other state of his condition through the Internet, as well as patients Are not satisfied with their treatment regimen, and estimate 1.5 million in England.
This "second technology choice" spreads very quickly in America. Mediconsult gives patients the opportunity to view all medical documents from medical reports or radiographs on US specialists, while other sites allow patients to communicate with each other through chat rooms to talk about their health problems. More than 17 million Americans entered online medical sites in 1998, with more than 15,000 medical sites created worldwide.
The e-mail raises some reservations between doctors and patients, but this type of communication does not apply in critical cases, and useful in the follow-up of the patient, and answer questions, and give them tips, and schedule visits.
Many have benefited from this type of communication network in the field of medicine, where they started to establish companies interested in this area, and even some pharmacies have established websites on the Internet, through which the different types of drugs available and announce the most important products.

Areas of utilization of health services sites .. Radiology. Disease surveillance. Correctional care. Employees of government bodies. Home Care. World wide web

Areas of benefit are:
- Radiology: It includes the transfer of medical images (x-ray, MRI, etc.) to the radiologist located in a remote location to diagnose. The most widely used telemedicine technology in the United States.
- Disease surveillance: Remote surveillance screens replace Holter-based surveillance systems in hospitals. It also allows the patient to stay at home with surveillance data delivered to the doctor via the internet line, as well as the wide spread of fetal monitoring techniques and pulmonary function monitoring.
- Correctional care: where prisoners in the United States receive guaranteed health care.
- Employees of government agencies: Many federal agencies are responsible for the health care of large numbers of their staff, and have been heavily involved in the use of telemedicine techniques. Since launching its space invasion program, NASA has become a leader in the development of telemedicine in remote locations.
- Telemedicine can provide three future services, such as telemedicine as an export service. Often, the services of people in many countries are substandard in terms of access to specialized health care due to lack of trained specialists or poor health care delivery system. Due to the successive innovations in the fields of computing and communication technology, many elements of medical practice can be provided despite the distance of geographical distances, and this may be spread across a city or across a country or even across the world.
- Home care: As the average age of the population increases in most developed countries, telecommuting care is one of the fastest growing prospects worldwide.
The Internet is the next logical step in using the Internet as a means of providing health care. Many companies quietly invest in telecommunications and health care services in an attempt to emerge as key institutions in the areas of consultation, diagnosis, treatment, and the provision of prescription drugs. This is done through on-line communication, usually in the form of a system in which the consumer pays the value of those services by credit card.
Although telemedicine is still a modern technology, it is rapidly changing. Taking advantage of recent developments in communications, low costs of applying modern technologies, and the emergence of the Internet, telemedicine growth over the next five to 10 years may have profound and revolutionary effects in delivering Medical care around the world.

Telemedicine Project.. See the file of any patient and give a medical view regardless of the actual location of the doctor

The telemedicine project consists of the establishment of a complete network of hospital information, X-ray archiving system, medical analysis and all patient-related services. This service enables all health care workers to view a patient's profile and give a medical view regardless of the actual location Where the doctor.
Scientists and doctors everywhere are working on developing techniques for practicing telemedicine, because they already may save the lives of millions. A Swiss company, for example, has invented a polo shirt to keep a patient 's heart rate and sends the results wirelessly to the doctor. Other devices are given to diabetics to measure blood sugar and are also periodically sent to the treating physician.
Jim Clarke says that despite this tremendous development in communication technology, the world still does not benefit and even opposes the adoption of this new technology in the field of medicine in particular. Clark explains this phenomenon: This is due to the severe division in the medical community.

Remote surgery .. Globalization of Surgery. A diseased gall bladder was removed in Strasbourg, east of France, by a remote robot arm

Remote surgery:
"Surgeons run the operation from thousands of kilometers away"
A team of doctors conducted the first remote surgery in the history of medicine. These doctors, from their position in the United States, managed to eradicate a diseased bitterness in Strasbourg, eastern France, with a remote robot arm.
It lays the foundation for the globalization of surgery, making it conceivable that a surgeon can perform a procedure for a patient anywhere in the world.

Medical information technology and its uses .. Transferring medical images, direct bilateral audio and video files, patient medical records, and data from medical instruments and audio files

Telemedicine uses ICT to transmit medical information needed for diagnosis, treatment and health awareness. It includes medical images, direct bilateral audio and video files, medical records of the patient, data from medical instruments and audio files. Telemedicine interaction includes direct bi-directional visits in audio and video between patients, doctors and specialists. In addition to sending patient monitoring data from the home to the clinic or transferring the medical file of the patient from the primary health care provider to the specialist. Recent applications allow for direct contact between the patient, the communication service provider, the doctor and the specialist. This way telemedicine can provide medical services directly to the need site to her.
Telemedicine can allow consumers to become a primary provider of their own health, and give them a sense of wellness by transferring health care to the patient instead of transferring the disease to the doctor! And by providing direct contacts between the GP and the major medical centers.
The combination of advanced medical devices and modern communications technology enables health care providers to connect with other health care providers either by direct video or audio connection, or by storing and transmitting multimedia information, such as when sending that information via e-mail.
Electronic medicine uses the technology of integrating audio and video signals together in accordance with certain technologies and media with medical expertise for the delivery of tele-health services (diagnosis, consultation and telemedicine)
- Tele-radiology diagnosis
- Diagnosis of dermatology tele-dermatology
- Diagnosis of tele-pathology
- Follow-up medical treatment or surgical tele-montoring
- Tele-surgery
Where some surgeries are performed via robot video or robot from spaced locations to facilitate medical consultations for emergency situations.

The relationship between medicine and technology .. Mechanization of medical information to improve diagnostic ability. Use of information technology in communicating medical information to and from the patient

What is the relationship between medicine and technology?
If we look at advanced countries and modern systems in the management of medical services, the relationship between medicine and information technology is clear, such as in telemedicine, telemedicine and the use of information technology to convey medical information to and from the patient and to the doctor and the automation of medical information to improve the diagnostic ability And the improvement of the quality of medical care and the large number of medical sites reduced the difficulty of communication with hospitals from remote areas where there may be diseases and increased awareness of the population of those countries that lack the latest methods of modern medicine Marj Accused of using the Internet to detect their health issues and not fuss to go to a doctor to consult.

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