Diabetes mellitus is a common and precarious chronic disease, which affects cellular metabolism and energy production. The condition is divided into types I and II; the most common form is type II diabetes, which is an adult-onset disease. Blood glucose testing is crucial to diabetes control, and it is effective in reducing the risk of complications and improving life quality. Unfortunately, both elderly patients and their caregivers find it difficult to monitor glucose levels long term. This study developed a communication platform for diabetes surveillance. The developed system prompts diabetics to measure their blood glucose regularly at home, and provides remote care persons with complete information about the patient's measurement. This aids in the improvement in diabetes control, thereby increasing the social activities and life quality of diabetics.
This research proposed a system, which integrated the complete patient information, including the medical images, for assisting orthopedics clinic diagnosis. The system concurrently operated with legacy systems and conformed itself to correspond with the current environment. It was unnecessary to modify the present systems for our system implementation. The system resulted in minimal impact to the current healthcare institutes, and promoted the communication of medical images among departments. It offered a valuable reference for PACS implementation.
Around 90% of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) experience speech disorders. These can be improved effectively by speech rehabilitation, which can be divided into two parts: hospital treatment and home practice. Home practice is a key factor, but because the quality of home practice is difficult to determine, its treatment effect is poor in most PD patients. This study deployed a platform for assisting the home speech practice of PD patients aimed at ensuring the quality of home practice. The proposed model of home rehabilitation is also suitable for other types of rehabilitation, such as for patients with stroke, orthopedic diseases, or neuromuscular diseases.
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