HEALTHCARE
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AT MAGYAR TELEKOM
Magyar Telekom
launched a healthcare research and development project in March 2013. In the
frame of the 1 year project Magyar Telekom develops a healthcare project which
connects different mobile based healthcare services targeting residents. The
project is supported by the government of Hungary, managed by the National
Development Agency and funded by the Research and Technology Innovation Fund.
In the frame of the project –
being uniquely complex both in Hungary and internationally - Magyar Telekom
develops a healthcare platform which connects different mobile based healthcare
services offered to residents. The new developments enable patients with
smartphones or tablets to easily log in and prepare for the medical examinations.
The mobile device sends
information about the examination, assists patient to
get around in the hospital and also makes available the patient’s medical data
and records. It also enables the access to person specific information related
to the illness, medication and healthy lifestyle.
“The main advantage and novel
feature of the platform prototype to be established within the project is that
it covers all major phases of the patient’s medical treatment, offering
versatile and complex services accessible from the majority of medical
institutions. The solution helps the cooperation between patients and doctors,
involves the patient in the curing process and by activating patients their
responsibility and awareness also increases. The service enhances the
consciousness of patients while reduces the work load on medical personnel.By expanding functions and
institutions applying the solution, on the long term an e-Health service
portfolio can be established with national coverage and affordable, cost
effective prices.” – said Gábor Pukler innovation and business development
director at Magyar Telekom.
Within the current healthcare
system patients often face difficulties in finding the location and time of
examinations, they need to contact medical personnel to get person specific
information about their examinations. The new development enables patients to
access their personal data, medical history and actual medical examination data,
enhancing the cooperation between patients and medical personnel. They get
information about the waiting list, waiting time and all necessary locations in
the hospital (pharmacy, individual buildings, toilets location etc.). Using the
24 hour medical call center they can also retrieve information about expected
examinations and the disease in general. They receive up-to-date about
medicines and potential side effects and also about creating a healthy lifestyle.
Similar attempts were already
made elsewhere in the world, including systems supporting remote monitoring of
chronic diseases, or smartphone applications assisting both patients and
doctors. These however only target the problems partially both technically and
professionally – and they are mainly available to patients and doctors of state
or private clinics having strong financial background.
The project is supported by
the Government of Hungary, managed by the National Development Agency and
funded by the Research and Technology Innovation Fund.