Robust E-Health Communication Architecture for Rural Communities in Developing Countries
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The lack of access to quality healthcare and the lack of
sufficient manpower, especially doctors, in rural areas is a major
healthcare challenge faced by dwellers in rural communities in
most developing countries. The intervention of governments,
which range from the introduction of training programs aimed at
producing health workers from schools of health technology and
nursing to the recalling and deployment of retired nurses to rural
areas, has still not been able to generate the desired improvement
in healthcare delivery, as outbreaks of epidemics are still being
reported in such areas. This work presents an E-Health
architecture which utilizes low cost sensors and communication
devices to link the doctors in the urban areas with the patients in
rural areas enabling doctors-patients interaction. The system
enables accurate and timely diagnosis of the patients and
facilitates proper treatment plans. It also incorporates an
epidemic alert which enables the tracking of diseases and the
early detection and control of epidemics.
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R Medicine (General), TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering