Telemedicina: ¿futuro o presente? / Telemedicine: future or present?

La atención médica ha ido evolucionando con el decursar de los años, pasando de una asistencia, enfocada en la enfermedad, a una atención dirigida al paciente. En la actualidad, las tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones se han combinado para dar como resultado la Telemedicina, a fin de brindar asistencia médica a quien la requiera en sitios distantes; se incluyen dentro de este campo: la educación para la salud, salud pública, el desarrollo de programas de salud y estudios epidemiológicos, entre otros. El impulso básico para el desarrollo de la Telemedicina radica en su propia naturaleza, por la potencialidad de sus aplicaciones prácticas que la hacen necesaria tanto para médicos como para pacientes(AU)

Health care has been changing in the last decades, from an assistance system focused on the disease only to attention to the citizen. At present, information and communications technologies have combined to lead to a telemedicine to provide medical assistance to those living in distant places, including health education, public and community health, development of health and prevention programs, epidemiological studies among others. The cornerstone for telemedicine to go forward is its own nature, its potential practical applications that make it necessary for doctors as same as patients. In this way, the authors did a bibliography research to deep in this definition, impact and the need to apply these new technologies to improve medical assistance(AU)

Down-Scaled 3D Medical Image Transfer System Using Instant Messenger / 대한의료정보학회지

OBJECTIVE: We have developed an instant messenger system that supports transmitting 3D medical image objects for telediagnostic use. METHODS: We used thresholding and down-scaling technique to build down-scaled 3D object with 80 sliced Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine(DICOM) images. And, we also construct instant messenger for medical data transfer and general communication. We measured total image size and transmission time which were decreased when applied peer to peer connection using instant messenger for medicine. RESULTS: Our study showed that total DICOM image size was decreased around 1% and transmission time was also decreased by 1.59% when we use proposed system. CONCLUSION: Proposed methods have a potential to be a useful tool in ubiquitous health network system. Also, we expect the synergy effect is increased by developing 3D object technique and security solutions.