Teleoncology
What is it all about?
PREPARED BY-
SHIVIKA BISEN(09BMD011)
ASHITA PALIWAL(09BMD006)
What is Teleoncology
•Cancer is 2nd leading cause of
Use of Video
death worldwide(WHO report)
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locations.
•TYPES OF CANCERS-
•Breast
•Colorectal
•Lung
•GI cancer
•Ovarian,testis cancer
•Blood cancer
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•Cervical cancer
Why use it ???
Teleoncology consulting would:
– Reduces travel burden
- Decrease costs/delay (referral for ongoing tests)
- Remote clinics get on-line suggestion
- Comprehensive system for the management of cancer at the
state/national level.
- Facilitate to detect cancer at the early stages
- Public awareness
– Paitents comfortable with local appointments only
– Rural/local staff skill development /involvement in
cancer care
- Wide scope of application-
Townsville Cancer Centre (TCC) in Queensland
(for cancer kids with working parents)
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How will does it works ????
•Each site:Video conferencing setup
Norms
•Appointment times will occur in blocks
according to appointment date,time from
city center to patient/local center
•Appointment booking by
local center for video conferencing &
equipment.
Explanation & consent by local center
Set next appointment
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BrightOutcome Teleoncology care model
software
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Teleoncology In India
India:- 1st Tele-Oncology implementation in India “ONCONET”
Kerala(2003) by:-
•Department of Information Technology (DIT), Government of India.
consult” “What do I need to do”
•Centre for Development of Advanced Computing(CDAC)
Thiruvananthapuram & ISRO asssistance
htm Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram (RCC-T) & Malabar
•Regional
cancer care society
•Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), GoI established
National Tele-Oncology network :25 RCC(regional cancer
centers)&100 peripheral centers
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ONCONET
•High bandwidth connectivity : 384 Kbps[ through VSAT (Very Small
Aperture Terminal)by ISRO ]
•Web based telemedicine system integrated with hospital information
system TEJHAS (Telemedicine Enabled Java based Hospital Automation
System)& Oncology resource centre.
•Telecommunications by satellite & as back up uses128 Kbps ISDN
•Systems complied to industry standard (HL-7,DICOM)
•Online updating of patient data in National Cancer Registry
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Teleoncology network requirements( nationwide)
1.RCCs :- high bandwidth terrestrial Broadband L3 (Layer 3)
+
VPN (Virtual Private Network) connectivity of 384 Kbps
+
Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) backbone from BSNL.
2.Peripheral centres (4 for each RCC) with 512 Kbps Broadband
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Tele-oncology Infrastructure
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Tele-Oncology web portal: Provides up-to-date National cancer
statistics to Ministry of Health and health care providers
Oncology Resource Centre (Digital Library):
Major component of ONCONET-India : Provides cancer related
information to clinicians, researchers, health planners and
administrators at each RCC.(Available on telemedicine
network,hospital intranet, internet)
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Recent trends
Sanjeevani : 1st mobile Tele-oncology unit in India(on 25/04/10) at
the MCCS (Malabar Cancer Society) in association with ISRO &
C-DAC team
•Vehicle built by Ashok leyland # uses VSAT link
Cancer Control Program:Early cancer detection,
follow up, consultation.(in 150 remote hospitals)
Active in 5 Districts of the Malabar Region of Kerala.
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REFERENCES
http://www.brightoutcome.com/
www.medetel.eu/download/2005/parallel_
sessions/.../
OncoNET.doc
http://www.brightoutcome.com/
http://www.oncologyex.com/gif/archive/20
08/vol7_no1/7_discourse_1.pdf
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