1. Wireless Technology in health care
Presented by Juan Zhang (Angela)

2. OUTLINE
•Introduce wireless healthcare;
•Categories of wireless medical device;
•Key benefits;
•Some disadvantages;
•Opportunities of wireless healthcare;
•Key challenges for wireless medical device
deployment;
•Trends in the future

3. INTRODUCTION
•Telehealth, which defined as “use of
computers and telecommunications
equipment to provide health care over
long distances” (Larkin, 1997) .
•Wireless technologies are bringing
about dramatic improvements in the
quality of healthcare

4. Categories of Wireless Medical Device
Generally, wireless medical devices classified into two
main categories: short range and long range.
Short-range technologies transmit data from the patient
to a local receiver/monitor. The local receiver may
stand alone or connect to a central monitoring station.
Long-range technologies generally transmit patient
data directly to a remote monitoring location.

5. Advantages and Disadvantages
Advantages Disadvantages
•Can reduce costs •Studies have shown that
•Increase efficiencies radio frequency radiation
•Health professionals can may have biological and
automate functions and shift health effects.
their practice into other areas •Home monitoring and
•Makes important information workplace interventions
more readily and widely require close attention to
available issues of privacy and
•Promotes self-care, shared confidentiality.
care and wellness which
•Staff resources
ultimately reduces demands
our health care system.

6. Opportunities of wireless healthcare
•Remote diagnosis & monitoring systems
•Vital sign monitoring devices tracking weight, blood
pressure, blood glucose, lung function, heart rate, etc.
•Home health hubs / medical gateways
•Fitness management devices & applications (heart
rate, weight watch etc.)
•Implanted medical therapy management
•Remote monitoring for elder care, which including
emergency event detection, accidental fall detection,
sleep quality etc.
•Medication compliance
•Drug delivery system & sensors

7. Key challenges
•Feasible business model
•Risk management
•Compelling use-cases
•Design – optimized for performance,
cost and power
•Coexistence and interoperability
•Best Practices

8. Trends in the future
•Wireless health technology may, in the future, find a
place in end-of-life care.
•Wireless health can also play a role in hospice care
itself.
•Education of family members can take place via
mobile apps regarding specific diseases if the patient
suffered from a hereditary condition, medication side
effects, or perhaps the patient’s plan of care via the
patient portal.)