"Dial a Doc" example - Telehealth - mHealth

"Dial a Doc" example - Telehealth - mHealth

"In past MedicalAutomation.org conferences, we have heard from telemedicine practitioners at the high end (Guardian 24/7 in Leesburg, VA) and low end (Doc Talker, Vienna, VA) of care services.  The greatest growth appears to be at the low end where, for a modest fee, patients with common ailments can call in and get a diagnosis and prescription.  This piece describes another low end example, “ISelectMD,” on Hilton Head Island, SC. For $25, a person can speak with a doctor (among a cadre of 200 physicians rotating on 24/7 service via a call center) often resulting in a quick and convenient resolution for a not-too-serious medical problem. Payment is out-of-pocket, but Medicaid supports telemed consultations....."

Link to article

"IDEAL LIFE and Sprint Introduce New Home Health Wellness Communication Gateway"

"IDEAL LIFE and Sprint Introduce New Home Health Wellness Communication Gateway" - http://www.fiercehealthit.com/press-releases/ideal-life-and-sprint-introduce-new-home-health-wellness-communication-gate

Several other companies are also coming out with Health Kiosks too, but these are too costly for the Other 90% of the World.

Let's design an Ultra-Low-Cost Health Kiosk for worldwide use, not just for the rich countries. This could be a challenge for world health organizations, universities, retired engineers/scientists/health care professionals, Doctors Without Borders, Engineers Without Borders, and anyone else interested. Just give this gift to the world and enjoy it.

• This Kiosk could be developed through Open Innovation, Crowdsourcing, Open Source Software, etc. 
• A wiki could provide collaboration of countries, institutions, people, etc.
• Attorneys could help design around active patents, otherwise use expired patents which are in the public domain. Companies could donate or license unused patents to this cause, no strings attached.
• Publish it all over too, to prevent future patenting of technology that would benefit the world so much. 
• Government officials worldwide could "grease the skids" of development. 
• Rich folks could provide the money with no strings attached; attorneys could make sure of that with a donation agreement.

Let's get to work! What do you think?
If you need some start material see my blogs. I've laid down some groundwork for years now, but I'm sure you all can do much better.

Tom's Personal Health Clinic

Here's what "Tom's Personal Clinic" looks like so far.



Let me know if you want to know more or would like to see this setup in person! Feel free to pass this along to others who might be interested.

So far, here's what I can do....
Urine/Saliva pH,

10 panel urine test,

Average Blood Pressure,

Phonocardiograph,

Endoscope/Otoscope, etc.

Added WebCam November 2009 - Ready for TeleMedicine


Internet access to Symptom Checkers and other Health Information.

Send my test results to my Healthcare Professional, or anyone else, if I want to - Telemedicine.


All this was done for under $500, including $250 for a used computer. The details of how this was made is at one of my other blogs - Ideas for Products or Inventions.


Click here to see the report I took to the doctor. My doctor was impressed!


Future activities include additional DIY tests, "Super Symptom Checker", Telemedicine, and Interfacing with the Doctor Within.


Good Luck on your own DIY Healthcare Journey!