UST Global, an information technology solutions and services
company for Global 1000 enterprises, unveiled what it claims an
advanced Telemedicine application, conceptualized by Dr. Pavan Kumar,
Head of Dept. of Cardiovascular Surgery and Telemedicine centre,
Nanavati Super Specialty Hospital, in collaboration with BlackBerry
India.
Telemedicine for mobile devices, developed by UST Global, is a
BlackBerry10 based mobile application that uses telecommunication in
order to enable staff to provide clinical health care at remote
locations. The application helps to eliminate distance barriers and
to improve access to medical specialists that would often not be
consistently available in distant rural communities.
Dr. Pavan Kumar said, “This app development is going to replace
Desktop Telemedicine solutions to Mobile Devices, giving people power
to get health care in their hands through Mobile Smart phones. This
collaboration reinforces our continued focus towards improving the
health and well being of India by providing an innovative solution
with high quality and secure BlackBerry platform services.”
He continued, “According to an IMS study, 40-45% reduction in
expenditures of rural patients’ treatments can be achieved by
addressing the problem of physical accessibility of healthcare
facilities. We believe in partnering with our community and UST
Global to address this issue and providing them with sustainable
solutions through our services”.
“This telemedicine mobile application will reduce the
urban-rural divide to support inclusive growth. We believe it will
transform the way healthcare services are made available to rural
communities and address two major challenges – that of access to
qualified doctors and affordable treatment without the need for
patients to travel to cities,” said, Gilroy Mathew, General
Manager- Asia, UST Global.
In this application, the remote clinic staff enters the visiting
patients’ demographics, vital signs, illness details, preliminary
diagnosis information, and uploads existing medical reports. The
assigned doctor reviews the patient details and performs consultation
with the patient remotely using a video session launched through
BlackBerry Messenger (BBMTM). He provides the final opinion and
uploads the prescription via the application. The remote clinic staff
downloads and hands over a printed copy of the prescription to the
patient.
The telemedicine mobile application, available on BlackBerry 10
Devices, offers enhanced security using BlackBerry Enterprise Service
10 (BES10). UST Global plans to make the application available on
other mobile platforms and integrate with various medical devices to
allow the doctor to perform real-time diagnostics of the patient
remotely. More advanced features like integration with Google Glass
are also planned for future release.
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