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The availability of resources is vital when rapid changes and updated medical information in the provision of care are needed, such as in the fight against COVID-19, which is not a conventional disease. Continuing medical education plays an essential role in preparing for and responding to such emergencies. Workflow has improved based on the virtual meetings, online trainings, and remote detailing conducted by medical representatives in order to deliver educational content instantly through digital tools, such as salesforce automation (SFA), webinars, etc. In terms of its regulatory barriers, the pharmaceutical industry mainly targets healthcare professionals, unlike most businesses that reach end users directly. Medical representatives are equipped with an SFA to enhance customer relationship management (CRM) and closed loop marketing (CLM) capabilities in pharmaceutical companies. This study aimed to fill a gap in the literature by investigating the use of SFA in work patterns, such as health professionals' loyalty and involvement in their medical knowledge in Turkey, and how it allows for differentiating training from marketing. This study intended to compare the data on internists and medical products gathered from a well-known pharmaceutical company's SFA. The data covered the first three months of the year 2020, when medical representatives had a normal daily routine, and that of 2021, when Turkey experienced the most powerful surge of the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis was based on simple correspondence analysis (SCA) and multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) for 11 variables. Monitoring product, physician's segment, and medical representatives' behaviors with SFA had a significant influence on the pharma-physician relationship strategy, as expected. The findings supported the view that SFA technologies can be deployed to advance the medical knowledge of physicians, in addition to managing and designing superior CRM and CLM capabilities.
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In brief TED talk-style presentations on topics ranging from climate change, artificial intelligence (AI) and telemedicine, to the COVID-19 pandemic and emergence of corporate medicine, the radiologists shared their predictions of how these developments could change medical imaging technology and practice during the next five years. Given the expansion of telemedicine, the growth of radiologic consultation, and the emergence of new and improved diagnostic modalities-such as hybrid PET-MRI, photon-counting CT, new nuclear medicine radiotracers, and theranostics-as well as minimally invasive imaging-guided procedures and implementation of AI, Dr Morrison predicted the role of radiologists eventually will go beyond simply supplying and interpreting the images. The Carol D and Henry P Pendergrass Professor, chair of the radiology and radiological science department, and a professor of biomedical engineering at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee, addressed the imminent dangers of climate change and radiology's role in both contributing to and helping alleviate those dangers. [...]what was once meant to protect physicians will become a major threat to radiologists over the next several years, says Mark E Schweitzer, MD, vice president of health affairs at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.
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IntroductionMulti-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) is a useful tool in complex decision-making situations and has been used in medical fields to evaluate treatment options and drug selection. We aimed to provide valuable insights on the use of MCDA in health care through examining the research focus of existing studies, major fields, major applications, most productive authors and countries, and most common journals in the domain using a scientometric and bibliometric analysis.MethodsPublications related to MCDA in health care were identified by searching the Web of Science Core Collection on 14 July 2021. Three bibliometric software programs (VOSviewer, Bibliometrix, and CiteSpace) were used to conduct the analysis.ResultsA total of 410 publications were identified from 196 academic journals (average yearly growth rate of 32% from 1999 to 2021), with 23,637 co-cited references by 871 institutions from 70 countries or regions. The USA was the most productive country (n=80), while the Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (n=16), Université de Montréal (n= 13), and Syreon Research Institute (n=12) were the most productive institutions. The biggest nodes in every cluster of author networks were Aos Alaa Zaidan, Mireille Goetghebeur, and Zoltan Kalo. The top journals in terms of number of articles (n=17) and citations (n=1,673) were Value in Health and the Journal of Medical Systems, respectively. The research hotspots mainly included the analytic hierarchy process (AHP), decision-making, health technology assessment, and healthcare waste management. In the recent literature there was more emphasis on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and fuzzy Technique for Order Preference by Similarities to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS). Big data, telemedicine, TOPSIS, and the fuzzy AHP, which are well-developed and important themes, may be the trends in future research.ConclusionsThis study provides a holistic picture of the MCDA-related literature published in health care. MCDA has a broad application in different topic areas and would be helpful for practitioners, researchers, and decision makers working in health care when faced with complex decisions. It can be argued that the door is still open for improving the role of MCDA in health care, both in its technologies and its application.
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IntroductionThe use of telemedicine services has increased worldwide during recent years because of national strategies for digitalization of health care and the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. However, healthcare professionals often express uncertainty regarding the effectiveness of telemedicine interventions. The TELEMED database (https://telemedicine.cimt.dk/) was introduced by the Centre for Innovative Medical Technology (CIMT) at Odense University Hospital to ensure that hospital managers, healthcare professionals, and other stakeholders have access to scientific studies of telemedicine interventions.MethodsThe database constitutes a structured literature search in PubMed for randomized and non-randomized controlled trials on the use of telemedicine for treating somatic diseases in the hospital setting. The search was conducted by staff members in the health technology assessment unit at CIMT. Identified studies were sorted by first screening titles and s and then by reading full-text versions. The data extracted from the studies included setting, intervention, patient group, type of telemedicine, clinical effect, patient perception, and implementation challenges. The value of each study was also assessed with respect to effectiveness.ResultsA total of 510 articles were selected for data extraction and assessment. The database provides results from 22 different specialties and can be searched using the criteria of medical specialty, country, technology, clinical effect, patient experience, and economic effect. The database serves as an information platform for clinical departments who wish to implement telemedicine services. It has great potential for supporting digital transformation during COVID-19 by providing accessible evidence-based information on patient groups and relevant technologies and their effects. More than 95 percent of the studies in the database that compared telemedicine with a control group showed either statistically significant improvements in clinical outcomes with telemedicine or no statistically significant difference between the two groups.ConclusionsThe TELEMED database provides an easily accessible overview of existing evidence-based telemedicine services. The database is freely available and is expected to be continuously improved and broadened over time.
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Introduction: During the Covid-19 vaccination campaign, Swissmedic received approximately 50% of the spontaneous reports from health care professionals (HCP) and 50% directly from patients/consumers. The rate of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) following Covid-19 vaccination categorized as "serious" by the reporters is approximately 35% in Switzerland and thus significantly higher than e.g. in the US (6.6%), while rates of reports with fatal outcome are comparable (1.4% vs. 1.3%) (1). A high proportion of the cases labelled as "serious" in Switzerland was classified based on the category "medically important". Since this criterion is used very commonly but is less distinct than the other seriousness criteria, we aimed to analyze whether it is used correctly by the reporters and whether differences between healthcare professionals and patients/consumer can be identified. Objective: To evaluate the appropriate usage of the seriousness criterion "medically important" in spontaneous ADR reports submitted by health care professionals compared to non-health care professionals following immunization with a Covid-19 vaccine. Methods: All serious ADR reports received between the 1st of January 2021 and 31st of December 2021 following immunization with a Covid-19 vaccine were extracted from the Swiss database. Cases categorized as "medically important" were further analyzed. We extracted the preferred terms (PT) according to the medical dictionary for regulatory activities (MedDRA) (2) of the reported ADRs and matched them with the important medical event terms list (IME list) (3). Results: From a total of 11,115 ADR reports, 4,125 (37.1%) were classified as "serious". 2,773 (67.2%) of the serious cases were reported by HCPs and 1,352 (32.8%) by non-HCPs. In 2,260 (55%) reports, the seriousness was based solely on the criterion "medically important". 755 (33.4%) of these reports would also be classified as "serious" according to the IME List. 498 (39%) reports by HCP and 257 (26%) by non-HCP match with the IME list. The proportion of correctly categorized ADRs is significantly higher (p < 0.0001) in reports from HCPs compared to non-HCPs. Conclusion: Only approximately one third of the cases, which were classified as "medically important" and thus reported as "serious", would also be classified as such according to the IME list. The proportion of correctly categorized ADRs is significantly higher in reports from HCPs. Additional information and training for HCPs appears necessary to achieve a higher rate of appropriate seriousness categorization in ADR reports. The usage of the category "medically important" in reports by patients/consumers requires general revision.
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Introduction: Post-marketing surveillance (PMS) is the practice of monitoring the safety of a pharmaceutical drug or medical device (MD) after it has been released on market and is an important part of science of pharmacovigilance. PMS is considered one of the most critical aspects of the new EU-MDR 2017/745. In AOUI Verona the pharmacist in charge of MD vigilance reports adverse events to Pharmacovigilance's Regional Service and Ministry of Health. For many years there has been a collaboration between Pharmacy and Hospital Risk Management by sharing clinical information about incidents, failures, serious deteriorations or potential deficiency related to MD safety use. This multidisciplinary collaboration is the fundamental aspect to improve protection of health and safety patients, healthcare professionals and all users reducing the likelihood of reoccurring incidents. Unfortunately during Covid-19 a lack of training and staff awareness significantly reduced spontaneous incident reporting. Objective: Aim of the present study is analyze PMS data and organize hospital staff training to increase PMS and spontaneous incident reporting. Methods: Over the years Pharmacy and Risk Management keep a database for recording and monitoring data on MD adverse events. The Cross-check analysis of databases allows to intercept all incident or failure occurred. Results: From 2019, recorded data show a decrease of 30% related to MD incidents or failures (2019: N = 120;2020: N = 67;2021: N = 45) and some Operating Units are less likely to reporting. In 2021 the clinical risk manager received 56 incident reports and only 45 of these to Pharmacy too. 22 were filled in by surgical departments, of which 4 by pediatricians and 18 by adult specialists. The total number of reports shows that 80% have reached the pharmacy office, while the percentage ratio between the two sectors is expected to be 100%. Conclusion: The PMS management in AOUI requires a strong collaboration of all figures involved in this process. For this reason, training and awareness-raising must be carried out in a widespread and continuous way. In AOUI Hospitals we are organizing training meetings to sharing information between various professional skills so that any problems arising are quickly identified. One target for 2022 is a participation to training events for at least one doctor and nurse for each hospital unit.
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Introduction: Building on the lessons learnt from 2009 H1N1 pandemic, in order to prepare EU network for monitoring of COVID-19 vaccines, ACCESS project (vACcine Covid-19 monitoring readinESS, VAC4eu.org) was funded in May 2020 by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). It was designed to ensure infrastructure for effective monitoring of COVID-19 vaccines. The Croatian Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices (HALMED) saw this as an opportunity to upgrade existing ADR e-reporting system (OPeN) and set up post-marketing active surveillance of adverse drug reactions (ADRs). Objective: To upgrade existing OPeN system to prospectively collect data about Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFIs) against COVID-19 in near real-time. Methods: For the purpose of data collection defined by the ACCESS protocol, OPeN system has been upgraded to incorporate an informed consent, survey tool, survey data report, direct reporting of AEFI reports, when applicable, and their transmission to EudraVigilance.To participate in the study an user account needs to created and consent given. Study participants access the system via the appropriate link. The system is protected by a firewall and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol. Data protection has been established for both internal and external users. Results: The first phase of the OPeN upgrade started in November 2020 and finished in February 2021. The inclusion of participants in the Croatian study began on 12 February 2021. In the first phase, only healthcare professionals could participate, but the variation in pro- tocol allowed that from April 2021 all vaccinated people could be included. With second phase of upgrade, we were able to include additional questions on relevant medical history, pregnancy, 3rd and booster vaccine dose. 374 vaccinees were recruited in the period from start until the end of April 2022. Almost all vaccinees were adults. Majority were female (77%), and average age was 38 years-old (SD 10, CI ± 1). Total of 303 AEFI reports were collected, of which 97% were non-serious. Conclusion: The OPeN system has shown a wide upgradeability and HALMED was able to establish a system of post-marketing active surveillance in very short time frame as addition to our routine pharmacovigilance activities. However, throughout this process we have identified several issues: time consuming multi-step registration process, not enough user friendly interface and insufficient promotion of the OPeN system. Nevertheless, since this was the first time HALMED performed prospective safety monitoring by using a web- based tool we find results encouraging for future activities.
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Covid-19 pandemic affected millions of people across the globe. Healthcare professionals need various kind of medical product like drugs, vaccines, other biologicals, and diagnostic equipment to combat pandemics. Fake vendors introduced falsified medical products in national and international markets during pandemic. These counterfeit products are life threatening due to inferiority in quality and available in noncompliance of label claim. Europol confiscated 34,000 counterfeit surgical masks in just one coordinated assignment of fake goods. The data for the unauthorized medical product sell is higher than expectation during this Covid-19 pandemic. World Health Organization reported that up to $200 billion worth of counterfeit pharmaceutical products are sold globally every year. It is a challenge to track and trace counterfeit medical products because these products must pass through many complicated distribution channels which allows opportunity for counterfeit drugs to enter in supply chain. In current supply chain methods, central authorities control transacted data among parties. Multiple intermediates needed to enable activities and creating trust. In this scenario, there is chance of manipulation in data fabrication. Block chain protects supply chain and maintain a shared source of data information. Trust enabled by cryptographic algorithms and immutability of data preserved in Block chain. In this paper, a Theoretical Block chain Architecture Model (t-BAM) proposed using hyper ledger Fabric as a Block chain platform and Byzantine Fault Tolerance (BFT) Algorithm for mutual consensus in supply chain of medical products during COVID-19 pandemic. This model validated for immutability, Mutual consensus, Transparency and Accountability, Privacy and Security, Temperature and Humidity control parameters.
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Alliance among healthcare professionals grows and develops during the practice of healthcare services, clearly in COVID19 epidemic. This joint effort makes one’s way gradually and systematically, especially in the virtual field of activities. This manner of exchanges result the coming to light of health-related social network sites, committed to all participants in these tasks (healthcare givers and takers). It introduces a creative method of medical caring referred to as Social Health (S-health). S-health can be invested as a technological outcome, in a collaborative and participatory mode, around healthcare takers treatment, supervision and safe preservation. The objective is to offer a constant improvement of the quality of care given to both personal and community health practices. In several regards, S-health can serve with this aim by the authorization of interactive movements of the medical information between both health care takers and givers. In fact, the dynamism of situated health social care models is crucial, which creates surpassing and remarkable challenges, related to the setting up of online health care-centered systems. As expected, none of the main social networks sites has yet discovered how to merge all health care tasks straight to their platforms. In such context, we need to deal with the insufficiency of an overall framework to establish S-health platforms properties from both medical and IT interpretations. This deficiency necessitates a modeling and a design arrangement dedicated to handle these platforms. So, the creation of a modeling structure, to represent S-health platforms features, has considerable prospect to reply this defiance and to take advantage of the magnificent potential of social networking, via a fundamental representation of S-health constituents in an conceptual template. The modeling map demands to fulfill an amount of norms and points of reference regarding technological restrictions and design necessities, before the initiation task. It is the most relevant interest in the successful and effective structuring of an S-health virtual space.
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The California Prison Industry Authority (CALPIA), a semiautonomous prison labor agency under the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, runs two optical laboratories operated by people incarcerated at Valley State Prison and California State Prison, Solano,1 and these laboratories supply ophthalmic lenses to eligible Medicaid recipients, such as this young patient. Documents we obtained through a public records request revealed that our state's public health agency, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), agreed to pay CALPIA up to $37.9 million for the 2021/22 fiscal year for optical services alone. CALPIA wages in prison-based optical shops range between $0.35 and $1.00 per hour,6 up to 55% of which can be deducted by law for restitution and administrative costs, resulting in an effective pay rate as low as $0.16 per hour.7 Courts have routinely rejected legal challenges to these meager wages by concluding that, because the Thirteen Amendment permits the involuntary servitude of incarcerated people, the federal minimum wage law does not apply to prison labor.8 The result is a strange supply chain that is not always transparent or top of mind: medical devices produced by poorly paid imprisoned people are provided to the poorest members of free society, such as the infant who needed sight-saving glasses. Others have called for public health officials, researchers, and physicians to address the sprawling reach of the prison industrial complex.14 Medical providers could use their position of authority to advocate better pay and conditions for incarcerated workers who produce the very devices that providers prescribe.
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We debate whether intellectual property (IP) protection of medical products and devices required to prevent, treat and contain COVID-19 should be waived, as proposed by South Africa and India, under the World Trade Organization (WTO)'s Agreement on Trade-related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement). We discuss existing public policy mechanisms under the TRIPS Agreement and how these have been implemented at national level in Africa, and find that these have proven inadequate and that they have been sub-optimally implemented. We then consider the TRIPS Waiver proposal which has been tabled due to the inadequacy of existing mechanisms and outline the EU's counter proposal which is founded on existing mechanisms. Both proposals have served at multiple WTO council meetings and would have been the subject of the 2021 WTO Ministerial Conference, which was postponed and is now set to be held in June 2022. Meanwhile, the proposal has been the subject of negotiations between India, South Africa, the EU and the USA ('the quad') and, as of May 2022, has been opened for consideration by all Members. Whatever the outcome of WTO deliberations, African states must take necessary national IP regulatory reforms and cooperate at sub-regional and continental level to improve access to medical products and devices to meet their citizenry's healthcare needs.
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COVID-19 and asthma are respiratory diseases that can be life-threatening in uncontrolled circumstances and require continuous monitoring. A poverty-stricken South Asian country like Bangladesh has been bearing the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic since its beginning. The majority of the country’s population resides in rural areas, where proper healthcare is difficult to access. This emphasizes the necessity of telemedicine, implementing the concept of the Internet of Things (IoT), which is still under development in Bangladesh. This paper demonstrates how the current challenges in the healthcare system are resolvable through the design of a remote health and environment monitoring system, specifically for asthma patients who are at an increased risk of COVID-19. Since on-time treatment is essential, this system will allow doctors and medical staff to receive patient information in real time and deliver their services immediately to the patient regardless of their location. The proposed system consists of various sensors collecting heart rate, body temperature, ambient temperature, humidity, and air quality data and processing them through the Arduino Microcontroller. It is integrated with a mobile application. All this data is sent to the mobile application via a Bluetooth module and updated every few seconds so that the medical staff can instantly track patients’ conditions and emergencies. The developed prototype is portable and easily usable by anyone. The system has been applied to five people of different ages and medical histories over a particular period. Upon analyzing all their data, it became clear which participants were particularly vulnerable to health deterioration and needed constant observation. Through this research, awareness about asthmatic symptoms will improve and help prevent their severity through effective treatment anytime, anywhere.
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: During the Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, an effective and efficient medical waste management plan is required to prevent disease transmission from the Coronavirus disease 2019 viral solid wastes. Screening stations are critical locations where solid Coronavirus disease 2019 wastes are created. Solid trash collection and management strategies for screening stations must be studied as they are the first point of origin for solid Coronavirus disease 2019 wastes. The goal of this study is to evaluate the level of healthcare workers' knowledge in the medical waste management field in Jordanian Coronavirus disease 2019 screening stations, with an emphasis on understanding and implementing Jordanian medical waste management protocols, by examining the awareness, perspective, and practice about the many aspects of Coronavirus disease 2019 wastes. METHODS: A study sample (n = 78) involving technicians, nurses, and physicians working at various screening stations in Jordan's public and private sectors was evaluated. From April 2021 to September 2021, a cross-sectional survey involving questionnaires was carried out. The survey included questions on medical waste management knowledge and awareness among healthcare personnel regarding the Coronavirus 2019 medical waste administrative and collection procedures. There are various limitations to this cross-sectional study that should be noted. This is a study conducted among health care employees when an overwhelming amount of coronavirus disease cases were being recorded locally and worldwide, affecting transportation ability and minimizing time spent with screening station personnel. FINDINGS: The outcomes of the first module of the questionnaire revealed a high degree of medical waste management knowledge and awareness among healthcare staff. On the other hand, nurses demonstrated the highest awareness and application of COVID-19 medical waste administrative procedures. Furthermore, the results of the third module revealed that the private sector fails to successfully execute national and international procedures, with the most significant negative responses among other categories. CONCLUSION: It was concluded that Jordan's solid waste collection and disposal methods were effectively implemented, which might aid in the virus eradication. Even though most Jordanian screening stations have effectively implemented knowledge and awareness regarding solid Coronavirus disease 2019 wastes management practices, there is a need to undertake periodic training and continuous monitoring with a specific focus on the appropriate administrative and collecting processes for both technicians, and private sector stations.
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At the begining of the pandemic outbreak, medical supplies and medical devices were runing out in many countries resulting in great life loss. Major fields of science teamed up to help fighting this cause, engineers, health care personel, creators and inventors around the world tried to give aid in such a problematic field. Panic buying and rising demands disrupted the flow of the and the gobal supply chain in many countries resulting the need of an innovative, quick and easy solutions to be applied. Nonconvetional technologies are a well seen presence on the global market and with their help, on a global scale, many lives were saved and also huge steps towards evolution were done.
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Historically, silver has been recognized as a powerful antibacterial agent with a broad spectrum of functions, and it has been employed safely in healthcare for several years. It seems that the incorporation of silver into embedded medical devices may be advantageous when particular genetic features, including such antibacterial behavior, are needed for the device to function. According to current and prior bacterial studies, it appears that the toxicity against bacteria was significantly more significant than the toxicity against human cells. Silver nanoparticles are nanoparticles with sizes ranging between one and one hundred nanometers (nm) in size. When it comes to molecular diagnostics, therapies, and equipment that are employed in a wide range of medical procedures, silver nanoparticles have a number of unique qualities that make them very useful. The physical and chemical approaches are the two majority ways for the creation of silver nanoparticles. The challenge with chemical and physical approaches is that the synthesis is complicated and can result in harmful compounds being absorbed onto the surfaces of the materials. In order to address this, the biological technique offers a viable alternative solution. Bacteria, fungus, and plant extracts are the three principal biological systems concerned in this process. A complete overview of the mechanism of action, manufacture, and uses in the medical area, as well as the healthcare and ecological concerns that are believed to be produced by these nanoparticles, is provided in this paper. The emphasis is on the proper and effective synthesis of silver nanoparticles even while exploring their numerous promising utility and attempting to assess the current status in the debates over the toxicity concerns that these nanoparticles pose, as well as attempting to reflect the needs in the debates over the toxicity concerns that these nanoparticles pose.
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Medical Surveillance Solutions are the most important in the brief developing country populace enhances demands for caretaking. Covid-19 is as a substitute contagious it is very important to quarantine covid-19 humans but at the equal time medical examiners need to check fitness of covid-19 sufferers moreover. With the boosting kind of instances it's miles turning into tough to preserve a tune on the health and well-being problems of several quarantined humans. Below the encouraged machine design of a Wi-Fi sensor network based upon IoT innovation. It is normally used for accumulating as well as moving the unique sensors tracking data regarding the human beings in healthcare centers. This software consists of Wireless primarily based network (Wi-Fi), having absolutely exceptional sensing gadgets related to the transmitter area the ones are Heart beat sensing unit, Temperature stage sensing unit blood pressure sensor and pulse oximeter. These sensors are straight away connected to the affected man or woman and accumulate the client issues by using way of the use of sensing devices. The same statistics is sending out wirelessly to the receiver location this is with the medical agent and by way of that receiver trouble he'll definitely reap all updates in their clients. And additionally it's going to genuinely deliver voice word to humans to take there medicines suitable time. And one sharp buzzer will in fact there at patient with a view to virtually advocate emergency state of affairs of clients. When patient will press emergency button then the buzzer will be ON.
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Patients have become responsive to the importance of taking secure management and managing access to their medical information, thereby increasing the adoption of non-public health record systems. During any circumstances like the covid-19 pandemic, people adapted themselves towards technological improvements. We have seen many works were completed without human physical involvement. When we consider the healthcare domain the virtual platforms made were not used. One of the main reasons is there is no unique platform for the virtualization of the healthcare domain. As a result, the stability of the virtual health care services is lost. So here we came up with the idea of 'Virtual Assistant for Health Care Services. The virtual assistant for health care services key aim is to incorporate several hospitals. This project aims to provide patients with consistent and reliable medical solutions from seasoned doctors across the internet. This initiative also removes the need for redundant medical records. The patient will be able to save time and money as a result of this initiative. Telemedicine allows health care professionals to evaluate, diagnose and treat patients at a distance using telecommunications technology. It assists in the elimination of geographical barriers and can increase access to medical services that are not always accessible in remote rural areas. This initiative aims to bring healthcare services to people in remote areas that have access to the internet. Medical records generated in one hospital can be used in any other hospital that is linked to this site. It can monitor testing results as well as patient health information.
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Health service providers in developed nations are responsible for 5% of their national carbon emissions, much of which originate from transport and supply chains. Connected autonomous freight vehicles (CAV-Fs) offer the potential to reduce this impact and enable lower cost operations, with trials being explored across the world. Transportation and carriage regulations, particularly in relation to the movement of dangerous goods (DG) such as medicines and diagnostic specimens, have not been developed for and applied to this new transport mode, particularly where loads are unaccompanied. Through an audit of current legislation and practice, this paper evaluates current DGs regulations applied to the transportation of medical products and medicines by autonomous road vehicles. Where existing regulations are not appropriate for CAV-Fs, recommendations and adaptations have been proposed to support safe and practical application. Remote monitoring and tracking of vehicles are critical for ensuring load security, quick and effective incident response, and management of documents and communications between parties. Loading/unloading procedures are significantly more important than in crewed vehicles, with load segregation and recording of all activity being of key importance. Other recommendations relate to training provision, vehicle specifications, and product health monitoring.