E-Health Facilities Enhancement Model For Rural Sindh

This paper demonstrates the problems faced in implementation of Telemedicine project at third world countries like Pakistan. We also have proposed solutions to those problems and security model for that implementation. The proposed model can be adopted to implement telemedicine setup at rural areas for the embellishment of proper health care for needy patients at rural areas of Sindh. To reach those needy a pilot project "Telemedicine Centers at Tando Muhammad Khan and Tando Alahyar Districts" was launched by Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS) Jamshoro. This pilot project was fermented by LUMHS Jamshoro with collaboration of Higher Education Commission and Government of Sindh. In this study deficiencies in implementation of telemedicine project are highlighted. Our proposed model described here is combination of real-time store and forward technology from base unit and mobile unit. From mobile unit vital biosignals i.e 3-12 lead ECG, Temperature, IBP, NIBP, SPO2 and still images of patients are transferred from remote site to base unit or consultation site. At consultant site or base unit patient data is stored in HIMS (Hospital Information and Management System) for future references.