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Page 1: Capability study: Mobile Health at NIBEC Philip Catherwood (B.Eng.(Hons), MSc, PGCFHE)
Page 2: Capability study: Mobile Health at NIBEC Philip Catherwood (B.Eng.(Hons), MSc, PGCFHE)

Capability study: Mobile Health at NIBEC

Philip Catherwood (B.Eng.(Hons), MSc, PGCFHE).

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“m-Health has the potential to revolutionise affordable healthcare delivery by alleviating the systemic pressures on the healthcare industry”*

* http://connectedplanetonline.com

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Why m-health promises to be a winning solution

Low network maintenance Remote monitoring in rural areas Phones are always on, computers are not Carrying a Phone/Tablet is part of a modern lifestyle Using a small portable multi-communication computing

device is convenient, economical, practical and personal

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m-health as a ‘developing world’ solution

Examples of m-health initiatives – Argentina, Botswana, China, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

Issues include: Dealing with epidemics and a shortage of healthcare workers Largest killer diseases - malaria and AIDS

Opportunities: explosive growth of mobile communications over the past decade offers a

new hope for the promotion of quality healthcare Phones offer a management platform for administration and monitoring of

anti-retroviral treatment programs Foundations to address the developing world’s health crisis set up by

such philanthropists as Bill Gates

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m-health goals Develop patient-centered healthcare delivery Increased self-management of illness Alleviate the systemic pressures on the healthcare industry Reduced number of hospital beds occupied Remote monitoring and smart diagnosis Improved disease management Improved compliance with treatment regimes

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m-health at NIBEC

Path of development includes:

Select the wireless technology (e.g. Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, ZigBee). For telemetry solutions, connect Bluetooth (e.g. EBWT12-A), Wi-Fi (e.g.

WiFly GSX 802.11b/g), ANT Ultra Low Power Wireless (e.g. Nordic Semiconductors) and/or ZigBee (e.g. CC2530ZDK) to microcontroller evaluation board or prototype device.

For stand-alone solutions, choose suitable target smartphone and install necessary memory storage to meet the needs of the activity.

Develop specification for the data capture, graphical user interface, plug-in hardware and back-end network topology.

Design and test software to meet the specification. Trial m-health solution based on quality of service requirements, customer

specification and end-user ergonomics.

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Phones

We use a number of development phones; Those running Microsoft Windows Mobile for Pocket PC 2003 T-mobile MDA PH20B PocketPC HP iPAQ H5550 PocketPC Dell Axim X50 PocketPC-The above have SD slots, Bluetooth, IEEE802.11b, CPU Intel PXA263 400MHz, RAM 128MB.

Those running Microsoft Windows Mobile for 6.5 Professional HTC HD2 T8585 Smartphone-The above has SD slots, Bluetooth, IEEE802.11b/g, GPS, CPU Qualcomm QSD8250 GHz, RAM 578MB.

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Tablet PCs

Latest developments in computing technology have allowed clinicians to have the processing power of a desktop PC in a handheld mobile device.

Platform boasts Bluetooth, Wi-Fi & LAN connectivity. Next generation will include 4G networking for synchronised rural roaming.

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Available wireless technology for m-health

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Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

Bluetoothmobile Labview

Radio module telemetrysolution

Wi-Fi mobile Labview

Wi-Fimobile Labview

Bluetoothmobile Labview

Protocol stack design

TCP/IP connectivity design

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Programming & GUI

There are a number of ways to program phones & Tablets

Windows mobile SDK (.NET using Visual C#) – professional programming activities for Windows mobile suite to generate commercial products

Java mobile SDK (Java code, converted to JVM sitting on Linux kernel) – professional programming activities for Android mobile OS to generate commercial products

Labview (G-programming) – rapid prototyping of concepts

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Develop GUI in National Instruments LabVIEW

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Examples of past,current and future projects

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Modify and test embedded software on the hardware platform (add communication protocol).

Alter the LabVIEW code (serial port information and wireless technology-specific protocols).

Re-configure the LabVIEW code for the implementation of National Instruments LabVIEW Mobile 2009.

Execute new software on mobile device and test functional operation.

Past – ECG onto portable device

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Current – Smartphone Point of care device

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Current – Smartphone/Ambulatory patient monitoring device integration

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Future – Many projects planned. A small selection include:

‘Developing world’ solutions

(HIV testing, data collection, mobile medical centre devices, etc).

Future Point of Care devices (Glucose monitoring, Asthma monitoring, etc).

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Continua Certification

Growing Continua Alliance membership, with a focus on mobile communication for medicine.

Increased integration due to wireless medical standardisation.

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Quality of Service and network integration(clinical trials)

m-health solutions must provide a robust ‘always-up’ service. When the wireless connection is not available, the onboard memory must record and store the vital medical data and forward it at a time when connectivity is restored.

m-health solutions must be suitably flexible to be integrate with current hospital technologies.