Qualcomm through its Wireless Reach™ initiative and Medical Platform Asia (MedPA), a private corporation, are collaborating on a mobile health management system that will enable doctors and caregivers to use tablets and a cloud application to improve operational efficiencies and deliver more effective patient care.
Wireless Reach uses 3G wireless technology and builds upon the existing Community Health Information Tracking System (CHITS). The Wireless Health Care@Home project provides tablets with 3G/LTE wireless connectivity powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon processors to help doctors and caregivers working in disaster affected areas of Iwate Prefecture on Honshu Island in Japan.
Previously healthcare workers could only access patient data from PCs located at medical institutions located in Morioka City. Now they are able to use tablets to access and enter data when visiting patients in their homes, day care facilities, and in earthquake tsunami impacted regions.
Patient health data is stored in a cloud-based system which it can be accessed in real-time and shared among local clinics, nursing care facilities, and support centers, as well as at Iwate Medical University and other participating medical institutions.
Now it is possible for an app to automatically create monthly reports, store reports in the cloud, provide for sharing and reusing reports by healthcare workers, enable doctors and caregivers to have access to the information, and enable providers to show reports to patients during visits.
The current tablet deployment is part of the larger effort led by Iwate Medical University to provide medical care to Japan’s earthquake and tsunami survivors. Care can now focus on patients who have moved out of government provided temporary housing and now live over a broader area and in areas where medical services are scarce especially for patients facing chronic disease.
For more information, go to www.qualcomm.com/wirelessreach.