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Future Developments in ICT
Medicine
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this topic you should be able to:
• discuss possible future developments in ICT and
their impact on medicine & the disabled
Starting points?:
• I’m on holiday and I have to visit a local doctor but
she won’t know anything about me ……
• I can’t get to the surgery to make an appointment to
see my doctor when it’s convenient for me ……
• I’m not feeling too well today …. I wonder if I’ve got
that bug that’s going around? …..
• I’ve just watch the news which had an article about
soldiers returning from a conflict having lost limbs …
Starting points?:
• My elderly Grandmother needs to be monitored
regularly, but the nurse can’t visit her every day ……
• My cousin was born deaf (or blind, or …..), …...
• The specialist that I need to consult works in a
hospital in another country …..
• New drugs & treatments are mentioned all of the
time. Why do they have to take so long to be
available? ……
Databases
Patient Records
Expert Systems
Clinical trials
Internet
Medical Forums
Encyclopaedias
Route Finders
Communication
Mobile ‘phone
Video conferencing
Remote surgery
Satellite Navigation
Medical Equipment
Medical Scanners
Robots
Surgery
Computer Diagnosis
Implants & Prosthetics
Sight
Hearing
Limbs
Monitoring
Medical Research
Drug modelling
Clinical trials
Collaboration