Wireless Technology Cuts Down the Medical Expense

Published:2010/7/21 19:32:00 Author:Li xiao na From:SeekIC

Medical institutions are in dire need of wireless monitoring device which can be worn by patients at home. The wireless sensor network has interoperability; it is also cheap and anti-interference. The device is connected to the display, such as the watch. The watch is combined with the internet. This method can shorten the hospital time and also keep contact with the doctors.

According to the report of On World Company, the personal wireless sensor network can cut down twenty five billion for the medical institution. If the patients of chronic diseases increase, the money cut by the technology will be much more. Staying away the hospital is not only good for the budget of the medical institution, but also good for the recovery of the patients. They aware they are safe, because doctors will know their state instantly. Patients just arrive the hospital also can find the bed easily.

The technology is also good for the problem of ageing of population. Aged people must leave to the medical institution, because it is easier to monitor them at a special organization than at home. The wireless monitor is able to be alert to the health of the aged people, and make them stay at home for longer time. Not only the expense will be cut down by this technology, but also the aged people will feel happy. The wireless sensor network can be applied to monitor their vital signs; it also can know whether he is falling down or not.

Being applied in the medical field, the wireless technology will face so many challenges. Unlike the ordinary communication between manufactures, the interoperability must have an open standard which is very important. The sensor must be accurate, reliable and easy to be handled. Moreover, the device should be low power consumption; the battery should have long service life. The data transmission must be safe and able to keep secretes of treatment data. The low consumption Bluetooth can be an ideal choose, which can convey the data created by sensor to the doctor accurately. The related integrated circuit is VTT0942.

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