Medical technology: a solution to the health care cost problem

Diagnostic Value of Urine Strip Testing for White Blood Cells: an Implication for Screening in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury

“…Clinical Microscopy laboratory screening 197-201 199 for UTI by medical staffs in the hospital seemed cost-effective and this is also recommended for the nursing home environment [19]. However, the present reality is that the screening that requires high skill is not available for many nursing homes especially those in the rural areas of developing countries [8][9][10][11]. Within such conditions, more simple alternatives such as dipstick screening should be introduced.…”

“…The basic standard test for confirmation of pyuria is a microscopic examination [7]. However, it is usually impossible for the nursing homes in the developing countries to find the technologists to perform the laboratory analysis due to the limitation of resources [8][9][10][11]. As an alternative, dip stick screening tests may offer promise as an early warning system for UTI since they are easy to perform [4].…”

A Short Message Service Based Design for a Portable Telealarm Device

“…3 The circuit board of the TeleAlarm device. "AT + command = mobile phone number" Chr(13) "text message" AZ (2) in which `command' is one of the short message commands listed in Table 1. For instance, the command "AT + CMGS = 0922741234" & Chr(13) & "Help me!…”

“…If not, the program goes to a standby mode until it senses that the emergency button is pressed. When the program receives a triggering signal from the emergency button, it adds the necessary commands into the recorded short message to develop the format in (2) and send it to the SMSC through the GSM module. One short message is transmitted at a time depending on the priority.…”

“…One of the major problems of aging society is the healthcare of elderly people. Since a telecare system is now able to provide medical advice or treatment at home on the scene without the necessity for healthcare providers or patients to travel, it may produce benefits for public care services [1][2][3][4][5]. Therefore, the use of the telecare systems to support the elderly people living alone at home is suggested in a lot of studies, e.g., [6,7] and references there in.…”