1. Computers and Medicine
Week 9

2. Medical Advances Data Mining Beyond the human eye More magnification
Ultrasound
CT scans
MRI scans

3. Emergency Medicine Communication Cardiac defibrillator
Vehicle Navigation

4. Intensive Care
Monitors
Ventilator

5. Surgery
Laser
Keyhole
Microsurgery
Training programs

6. Inside the Body
Endoscope
Laparoscope
Micro-robots

7. In the Doctor’s Office
Equipment
Records

8. Computerize Medical Records
Provide better medical care
Lower cost
Have physician acceptance
Improve efficiency
Easy to use
Easy to transfer
Store images

9. Capabilities Organize and standardize charts Provide drug information
Provide health maintenance
Provide medical education
Storage and transfer of info

10. Medicine and the Internet
Videoconferencing
Patient data warehousing
Health diagnosis
Cancer treatment protocol
Laboratory simulations
Self assessment programs
Case studies