...Medical Smart Card System for Patient Record Management Changrui Xiao and Arthur Yu Bears Breaking Boundaries 2009 Science, Technology, and Energy Policy White Paper Competition Executive Summary (Abstract) Rising healthcare spending has led to an increase in calls for ways to reduce the cost of healthcare. Amid the debate on the best approach on cut costs in the healthcare system, one of the few bipartisan provisions is the need to integrate modern technology into the storage and transfer of medical records. Current attempts to establish such electronic medical records are challenged by concerns about patient privacy, issues with the incorporation of old records, and budget limitations. We propose the development of personal portable healthcare record smart cards and a corresponding framework to simplify maintenance and transfer of patient records as an incremental step towards a nationalized electronic records system. Our proposal is a feasible and cost-effective system that applies existing technology to address inefficiencies of the current paper based medical records system; simultaneously, it also serves as a transition system to facilitate the adoption of completely electronic medical records. Author Affiliations: Xiao and Yu are both undergraduates at UC Berkeley. Contact Information: ayu.yua@gmail.com or crx687@berkeley.edu 1 1. Introduction During the second half of the 20th century, the national expenditure on healthcare increased dramatically. As of...
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...Smart Cards for Future Healthcare Systems Secure, efficient, reliable Card-based e-health networks: cutting costs and improving care All around the world, news paper headlines warn about the exploding costs of health care. Advanced medicines and technology are boosting life expectancy. As a result, people can now look forward to living past the age of 80 – twice as long as 100 years ago. This trend, however, has the side effect of driving up healthcare costs. As people get older, they need more frequent and more expensive care, causing the price of insurance to skyrocket. Clearly, something needs to be done to contain these costs. A number of countries have implemented conventional measures aimed at saving money. One of the most basic measures is the introduction of cardbased ehealth net works, which can help reduce costs remarkably. Card for physicians and phar macists, and a Card Application Management System (CAMS). Patient Data Card The Patient Data Card is a PINprotected smart card incor porating a microprocessor and protected by cryptographic functions. It contains adminis trative insurance information and entitles patients to seek medical treatment. In turn, the patients give their doctors access to their personal medical data, which is stored either on the card or in the ehealth network. The card can also hold information such as elec tronic prescriptions. How to cut healthcare costs 1. Reduce fraud 2. Streamline administration 3. Improve communication 4...
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...Universal healthcare coverage in Indonesia One year on January 2015 Written and produced by www.eiu.com/healthcare an Economist Intelligence Unit business healthcare Universal healthcare coverage in Indonesia— One year on Contents Abbreviations 5 Introduction 6 Indonesia’s version of Universal Healthcare: What is the JKN? What about the KIS? 8 Challenges with Indonesia’s version of Universal Healthcare 12 Teething problems—A short-term affair? 12 Balancing the budget—Fiscal sustainability 13 Chronic undersupply—Another barrier to providing truly comprehensive services 15 How should the healthcare industry prepare in the short to medium term? 17 Healthcare service providers: Pockets of opportunity 17 Med-tech and pharma: Spotting opportunities and tailoring product offerings 19 © The Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2015 1 Universal healthcare coverage in Indonesia— One year on Foreword Ivy Teh, Managing Director at Clearstate, an Economist Intelligence Unit business. 2014 marked a watershed year for Indonesia, the world’s fourth populous country, with the election of the popular reformist politician, Mr. Joko Widodo, as its president. The year also saw the rollout of the long-delayed universal healthcare scheme (UHC). Indonesia intends to phase-in the world’s largest single player health care insurance program from 2014 to 2019, reaching universal coverage for all Indonesians...
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...country implements reforms within its justice system, improvements could be witnessed through an easier processing and completion of cases and better treatment of suspects and convicts. One of the areas which have seen reforms in various countries of the world is healthcare. Perhaps as a result of increasing appreciation of the value of a healthy population in socio-economic and political development, coupled with an ever increasing threat to human health, authorities in different countries, including the US and India are implementing a wide range of health reforms. In India, in particular, the government is undertaking reforms with a view to improving the access to quality healthcare for the citizens. This paper discusses health reforms in India, with a focus on the specific aspects of the reforms, and the extent to which it has improved healthcare delivery in the Asian country. The paper also provides a few recommendations on how to ensure that the reforms are effective. Overview There is little doubt that good health is central to human development. Since human development entails empowerment of the people so that they are free from such challenges as poverty, starvation and lack of free will, access to quality healthcare is a key component in empowering the people and enhancing a healthy life (Government of...
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...After watching “Sick Around the World’ and seeing how other countries health care systems operate I’ve come to the conclusion that no health insurance and health care program is perfect. Britain’s healthcare system, their waitlist is getting shorter for surgeries like hip replacements, there’s no medical bankrupt, and there’s excellent preventative medicine. They also have a general practitioner that gives people a medical home and holds down the cost for the healthcare system. In Japan, everyone has to sign up for healthcare and the average premium is $200 a month with your employer paying at least half the cost. If something happens and you lose your job you won’t lose your health insurance. In Japan, every 2 years the Japanese health ministry and physicians come up fix prices for all procedures and drugs. Everyone in Germany is provided healthcare but the rich can opt out and pay privately. German insurance companies also pay for alternative medicine like going to the spa or taking belly dancing lessons. Co pays in Germany are very cheap you only pay $15 every 15 months and pregnant women don’t have to pay anything. Not just co pays for Dr. visits but their co pays for medicine are also very cheap....
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...1.0 INTRODUCTION The multimedia super corridor (MSC Malaysia) is the government and major national initiative that was designed as a catalyst for the growth of ICT and to satisfy the country’s ambitions in producing fully develop status by the year 2020. In 1996, MSC was set to aimed to build competitive cluster of local ICT and attract word class companies with the passion of becoming a global ICT hub and multimedia variation, procedure and maintenance. The initiative spearheads a number of ICT projects that are intended to transform Malaysian society into a k-economy through the use of ICT including education, healthcare, commerce, governance and industries. The development of MSC has created a lot of incentives and policies that were designed...
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...to gather some momentum since 2004 when President George Bush outlined detailed plan to ensure access of electronic health records by all Americans by 2014 (Bush, Executive Order 13335) To achieve this goal, President George Bush created a new, sub-cabinet level National Health Information Technology Coordinator position at the Department of Health and Human Services to implement health IT infrastructure nationwide. The biggest push targeted towards promoting the adoption of EMR technology came with the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) 2009 by the U.S. Congress which appropriated $19 billion dollars government assistance to jump start the adoption of EMR technology by physicians, clinics, and hospitals. The healthcare reforms highlighted in the ARRA include an investment of $50 billion in health information technology (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (AARA), 2009). There is the new federal HIT initiative program for health care organizations who adapt electronic health record systems. HIT initiative program was created to improve the quality of care by linking two providers...
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...They can also pull their insurance cards up through the app so they do not have to worry about keeping their cards on them at all times, which seems to be one thing that a lot of people forget to bring in an emergency. Keeping up with the technology in this way has helped the company continue to grow, with a lot of the millennials starting to carry their own insurance and making their own choices on healthcare coverage. Medical Mutual also has a Quality Improvement Program set up which basically is designed to constantly improve the quality of the healthcare services that are available for members. They have an entire department employed that manages the cost-effectiveness, implementation of services and evaluates the plans that are offered for quality. In being so active in their “customer service” it allows the members to feel safe and taken care of, which will keep them coming back year after year for coverage. They also have numerous discounts available to all members for wellness programs, from adults to babies. These discounts will not only keep members coming back but it is also helping them get healthier, which is keep lowering costs for the company when less and less people have to go to the doctor. This is a smart business move for the company, looking like a win-win decision for them, keeping the members happy and also keep the revenue coming...
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...Development Strategy 12 Advertising & Promotion 12 Survey (25 People) 13 Rodgers 5 characteristics 15 Relative Advantages: 17 Compatibility: 18 Complexity: 19 Triability 19 Observability 20 Sources 21 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Business Description Micro Life is an innovative, convenient all-in-one card for those who use to carry all their cards in their daily life. Because of Micro Life, consumers will not have to carry them around. Micro Life wants their customers to experience the new technology; they will be able to move around without having to worry about losing their IDs or Credit Card. This card can hold up to 10 pieces of information or transaction cards.. We have a contract with Chase, Bank of America, different hospitals and some retailers. By using the card, the consumer is able to pay, travel, get in his car or house as fast as he can say “Micro Life”! Our Mission Statement Designed to make your daily life easy, convenient and secure, Micro Life can be used in all stores, websites, banks partners. It allows you to take live your life without worrying about losing your important information, carrying your credit card or healthcare card. Micro Life, designed to make life easier. Designed to make your daily life easy, convenient and secure, Micro Life can be used in all stores, websites, banks partners. It...
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...Smart Health Care System - A Smart way for a Healthier world Usual problems that we come across in most of our health care systems are raising costs, inconsistent quality, and limited access to timely care. What we need to realise is that our health care system is not a ‘system’ yet. There is indeed an urgent need to work on this area and bring about improvements in the overall quality of the prevailing health service system. From the statistics shown below, it is evident that a major contributor to the deaths in India is limited accessibility to healthcare. It can be observed that more than 50% of the deaths that happen in India are at the residences. Source: www.icmr.nic.in/final/causes_death However, there is a paradigm shift with regard to home care due to convergence of several technologies. Increasingly capable tele-health systems and the internet are not only moving the point of care closer to the patient, but the patient can now assume a more active role in his or her own care. The migration of healthcare industry to electronic patient records and the emergence of a growing number of enabling healthcare technologies coupled with these developments, demonstrate the unprecedented potential for delivering highly automated, intelligent health care in the home while at the same time reducing the cost of care. Integration of health care and smart technology...
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...different countries. The countries with innovations that stuck out the most were Germany, Japan, and Taiwan. Germany has a market based health system. They have universal health care that covers medical, dental, mental health and even homeopathy. Insurance companies cannot make a profit from insured customers. Therefore, the price for insurance is negotiated between the government and the Insurance provider. Like any other healthcare system there are good and bad parts to Germany’s system. Everyone is covered; the rich has an option to get private insurance. Germans pay premiums to cover insurance called “ICU funds” The over all German health system is one in which the rich pay for the poor. They have the same quality of health care but the co-pay is smaller than the U.S. They also have sickness funds, in which they negotiate with drug companies and medical doctors. The sickness funds cause for much cheaper medicine than in America. The negative side to the German healthcare system is that hospitals and doctors feel very much underpaid. Japans healthcare system includes universal coverage. One thing that caught my attention about this health system is that there are no primary physicians. I like that because sometimes when a person is having a specific problem, it is best to see that particular specialist. Nevertheless, there are probably some people that abuse this and will go to see a specialist over a simple cold. In Japan, everyone pays insurance and the government pays...
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...of physical devices and areas that require improvement to enhance and maintain a competitive edge in the health care market. The analysis revealed weaknesses in the way the Radiology department connects to a 1000 BaseF Ethernet fiber optic backbone (LAN) and the potential for enhanced use of its wireless network (WLAN). IT recommends the installation of a 24 port FO Hub for the Radiology department’s modalities and various device locations throughout the facility. The implementation will keep with the established policy used in the OR, ICU’s, and Wards. IT recommends installation of additional wireless access points to provide service to administrative and clinical practitioners who can use portable access devices like laptops, IPads, smart phones, and other devices for diagnosis and treatment of patients. Additional wireless access points will also provide Internet only access for patients and family members. Patton-Fuller Analysis of Network Systems Patton-Fuller tasked the IT department with conducting an analysis of the network systems at the hospital. According to Patton-Fuller current network architecture is built on a Bus topology with an Ethernet backbone (Apollo Group, Inc [APG], 2011, p. 1). The current network structure unites Patton-Fuller’s administrative offices and clinical departments through a network of desktop computers, network bridges, network gateways, hubs, and other peripheral devices. The analysis will reveal areas of the network that lack components...
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...Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC): A Survey Abstract: Mobile devices have come a long way and their capabilities in terms of speed, raw computing capabilities, storage capacity and the applications that are real world end user friendly. The sale of mobile devices has seen a huge boom and is now surpassing those of PCs [1]. With this enormous use of smart phones across the world and as well as the introduction of cloud computing concept, Mobile Cloud computing or MCC has become the new paradigm in the world of mobile services. This paper will discuss the technology of MCC, applications and challenges faced. Mobile Cloud Computing: Introduction MCC in its simplest form can be defined as an infrastructure where the storage of data and its processing is outside a mobile device. What mobile cloud computing does is move processing and storage to the cloud and thereby bringing applications and the computing power to a broader spectrum of mobile users [2]. Mobile service providers can provide services to the subscribers as AAA which refers to authentication, authorization and as well as accounting which is based on what is known as an home agent or HA and the end users data being stored on the cloud database. Every time a request is initiated from the subscriber, it is delivered to the cloud based system with the help of Internet. The controllers on the cloud will be able to process these requests and eventually providing the subscribers with the respective cloud based service. These...
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...Abstract This paper explores controversial issues that plague the use of microchip implants and how deeply rooted the issues are in many organizations today. The implications and concerns, along with the advantages, have been pondered by governments, religious groups, law enforcement agencies, the financial industry, and the medical field. We now have the technology to implant a microchip in very human on the planet. Will we, as a nation or a global community, ever support the use of the microchip implant in every man, woman and child around the world? The technology is available and the need is abundant. I believe our government will implement a mandate of microchip implants within the next twenty years. Will the General Public Ever Accept a Microchip implant? We Have the Technology: Before the turn of the century, the idea of using microchips to carry and transmit large amount of information had been something that only happened in sci-fi movies. Today it’s something many fear will become as necessary as a social security number is to every person in the United States. Still, there are many who welcome such technology and realize the advantages it could bring to modern society. For example, it could easily store the kind of information that would simplify and expedite security, medical care, loan approvals, and background checks. (Sickler, M., 2002) The ability to implant, In to a human, a means to quickly and securely gain access on their true identity and...
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...by her peers, she is also a drug addict. She lies, she cheats, she steals, and she uses her career to obtain the drugs for her nasty habit. It is a good show that depicts a strong and smart nurse, but it is not an accurate portrayal of what nurses do on a daily basis. Media portrayals of nurses can very well endanger the public health. Nurse Jackie shows a disservice to the career field rather than help the public understand the challenging career. The popular television show Nurse Jackie is not an accurate depiction of a nurse’s job. The show portrays nurses as drug addicts, unskillful workers who only run errands for doctors, and revengeful people with no ethical code....
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