Polish IA Summit - Emergency case noification system for remote medical wards

EMERGENCY CASE NOTIFICATION AND DIAGNOSTIC DATA SHARING SYSTEM FOR

REMOTE MEDICAL WARDS

Andrzej Romanowski, Paweł WoźniakComputer Engineering Department, Technical University of Lodz

A. Romanowski, P. Woźniak: EMERGENCY CASE NOTIFICATION AND DIAGNOSTIC DATA SHARING SYSTEM FOR REMOTE MEDICAL WARDS 2

• Academic• Case study• Simple, low-cost, user-centric solution to a

tangible problem


Main goal

Determine if pervasive technology can be used to convince physicians to change their approach to IT


Agenda Introduction to the hospital Problem description System design Research issues


Foetal echocardiography Early detection of congenital heart defects All mothers should be screened Poland's first unit is in Łódź


The hospital


Procedures


Current infrastructure #1


Current infrastructure #2


A revised approach #1Context-aware

displaysWeb-app data

sharing architecture


A revised approach #2

Selected imaging data

Notification

Base unit Remote unit

Patient background


Design issues Physician participation Time limitations Reluctance to altering work routines Broad context


Question One How does the way technology has entered

the medical realm in Poland differ form Western experiences?


Question Two Can established design patterns and

evaluation methods from medical pervasive computing be readily applied in Polish hospitals?


Some observations A dependency on private mobile phones No unified notification system Optical discs everywhere


An additional inquiry Messiness is intrinsic in everyday

infrastructures Ubicomp practice is based on appropriating

technologies (juggling)


Our view We see the doctors as great jugglers Appropriating technology day by day Using generic tools for hospital work


Before we go

Thank you.