Publication: Estudio del impacto económico y social de la introducción de las TIC en el sector sanitario español : perspectiva tecnológica
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2011-10
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2011-10-27
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El estudio aborda desde una perspectiva tecnológica la mejora y el desarrollo de la infraestructura sanitaria, para potenciar servicios de calidad, que mejoren la vida de las personas. Esto pasa por establecer las tecnologías hasta ahora usadas, y determinar el concepto de sistemas ambientales inteligentes. Dichos sistemas son a modo de hogares con los que las personas interactúan, que se diseñan para cubrir sus necesidades más básicas en todo momento, y donde se sitúan ciertas tecnologías que permiten monitorizar a estas personas como pacientes por parte de profesionales sanitarios. Las funciones que ejecutan estos dispositivos concebidos como sistemas no sólo se expresan en funciones predeterminadas o fijadas de antemano, por el contrario son dispositivos que aprenden con la interacción, y que pueden de esta manera solucionar las posibles necesidades de las personas, permitiendo que los tiempos de actuación profesional se vean reducidos. Además de permitir, a los especialistas tomar decisiones, estos sistemas permiten tener constancia en todo momento y en tiempo real de ciertos parámetros vitales, aquellos que afectan a la calidad de vida de los pacientes. Si a estos sistemas, que cuentan con sensores que monitorizan al paciente accede un conjunto de personas del entorno del paciente, como puedan ser familiares o especialistas, personas de avanzada edad o con enfermedades crónicas conectados a estos dispositivos pueden disfrutar, durante un periodo mayor de tiempo, de una mayor independencia y movilidad con lo que indudablemente se vería mejorada la calidad del servicio prestado. Estos sistemas y dispositivos representan un valor añadido de indudable impacto social y de indudable importancia tecnológica al tiempo que contribuyen a la reducción del presupuesto sanitario. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The study tackles, from a technological point of view, the sustainable development of the health system infrastructure in order to potentiate the quality of the services provided by the health system. The study is aimed at improving people’s life. The basic idea rests on the substitution of personal assistance by technological devices developed to improve professional assistance, multiply professional productivity and incorporate people from the patient environment in the process of attending their needs. I first establish which the technologies are already in use, and then I develop a new concept, what I call “smart environmental areas”, redefined as “smart homes”. A smart home is being, then, defined as the patient’s environment, an environment which a person interacts with, while some information is being taken and stored for professional use. These smart areas interact with people in return, so they can supply information and respond to their basic needs at any given moment. Technologies are embedded in these smart areas, in such a way that they provide critical information about several health parameters through different non-invasive devices, some of them of regular use. The operations and functions accomplished by these devices are not predefined, in sharp contrast with this usual view, these devices are learning devices, capable of learning from the interaction with people’s needs. In this way, these devices, integrated in a professional network of health professionals and personal assistants, serve the function of providing information in real time, allowing qualified professionals to take decisions according to the information being collected. Adding value to this important feature, new applications will bring professionals to the understanding of the complexity of diagnosis, helping them to take the correct decisions under difficult circumstances. The possibility of controlling and monitoring through purpose-specific sensors some of the most critical life parameters provide to a group of people, close to the patient, with the opportunity to help her to overcome critical health events, contributing to the quality of her life, specifically in those patients suffering chronic diseases or having special needs. This project represents a model for improving the quality of the services provided by the health system, and makes a social contribution whereas contributes in a decisive way to reduce the health budget.
The study tackles, from a technological point of view, the sustainable development of the health system infrastructure in order to potentiate the quality of the services provided by the health system. The study is aimed at improving people’s life. The basic idea rests on the substitution of personal assistance by technological devices developed to improve professional assistance, multiply professional productivity and incorporate people from the patient environment in the process of attending their needs. I first establish which the technologies are already in use, and then I develop a new concept, what I call “smart environmental areas”, redefined as “smart homes”. A smart home is being, then, defined as the patient’s environment, an environment which a person interacts with, while some information is being taken and stored for professional use. These smart areas interact with people in return, so they can supply information and respond to their basic needs at any given moment. Technologies are embedded in these smart areas, in such a way that they provide critical information about several health parameters through different non-invasive devices, some of them of regular use. The operations and functions accomplished by these devices are not predefined, in sharp contrast with this usual view, these devices are learning devices, capable of learning from the interaction with people’s needs. In this way, these devices, integrated in a professional network of health professionals and personal assistants, serve the function of providing information in real time, allowing qualified professionals to take decisions according to the information being collected. Adding value to this important feature, new applications will bring professionals to the understanding of the complexity of diagnosis, helping them to take the correct decisions under difficult circumstances. The possibility of controlling and monitoring through purpose-specific sensors some of the most critical life parameters provide to a group of people, close to the patient, with the opportunity to help her to overcome critical health events, contributing to the quality of her life, specifically in those patients suffering chronic diseases or having special needs. This project represents a model for improving the quality of the services provided by the health system, and makes a social contribution whereas contributes in a decisive way to reduce the health budget.
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Tecnologías de la información, Sistema sanitario, Infraestructuras sanitarias, Gestión de calidad