Application of a telemedical tool in an isolated Island and a disaster area of the Great East Japan Earthquake

Makoto Yoshizawa; Tomoyuki Yambe; Norihiro Sugita; Satoshi Konno; Makoto Abe; Noriyasu Homma; Futoshi Takei; Katsuhiko Yokota; Yoshifumi Saijo; Shin Ichi Nitta

doi:10.1587/transcom.E95.B.3067

Application of a telemedical tool in an isolated Island and a disaster area of the Great East Japan Earthquake

Makoto Yoshizawa, Tomoyuki Yambe, Norihiro Sugita, Satoshi Konno, Makoto Abe, Noriyasu Homma, Futoshi Takei, Katsuhiko Yokota, Yoshifumi Saijo, Shin Ichi Nitta

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Abstract

The present paper has reported a case study of the "Electronic Doctor's Bag" which is a telemedical tool for home-visit medical services using the mobile communications environment in an isolated island and a disaster area hit by the tsunami. Clinical trials performed for 20 patients around a clinic in Miyako Island indicated that the communication functions of the proposed system were highly evaluated by patients as well as medical staffs. However, the system still has room for further improvement in operability, portability and mobile communication environment. The experience at the shelter in Kesennuma City suggested that mobile healthcare tools such as the proposed system will be strongly required when there are no or only paramedical staffs after leaving of emergency medical staffs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3067-3073
Number of pages	7
Journal	IEICE Transactions on Communications
Volume	E95-B
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1587/transcom.E95.B.3067
Publication status	Published - 2012 Oct

Keywords

Disaster area
Isolated Island
Mobile communication
Telemedicine
The Great East Japan Earthquake

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Computer Networks and Communications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Application of a telemedical tool in an isolated Island and a disaster area of the Great East Japan Earthquake. / Yoshizawa, Makoto ; Yambe, Tomoyuki ; Sugita, Norihiro; Konno, Satoshi; Abe, Makoto; Homma, Noriyasu; Takei, Futoshi; Yokota, Katsuhiko; Saijo, Yoshifumi; Nitta, Shin Ichi.

In: IEICE Transactions on Communications, Vol. E95-B, No. 10, 10.2012, p. 3067-3073.

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Yoshizawa, Makoto ; Yambe, Tomoyuki ; Sugita, Norihiro ; Konno, Satoshi ; Abe, Makoto ; Homma, Noriyasu ; Takei, Futoshi ; Yokota, Katsuhiko ; Saijo, Yoshifumi ; Nitta, Shin Ichi. / Application of a telemedical tool in an isolated Island and a disaster area of the Great East Japan Earthquake. In: IEICE Transactions on Communications. 2012 ; Vol. E95-B, No. 10. pp. 3067-3073.

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