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Biomedical TechnologyBiomedical Technology

Technology in MedicineTechnology in Medicine

CyberhuntCyberhunt

Dawn Hall 2008Dawn Hall 2008

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Lesson Objective: The student will be able to identify and explain the many applications of technology and computers in health care.

Essential Questions::

What are clinical and administrative Medical Informatics and their role in healthcare?

How are biomechatronics, robotics, prosthetics and orthotics utilized in patient rehabilitation?

How is robotics changing the pharmaceutical industry?

What is virtual medicine?

How are telemedicine, teleconferencing ,and remote monitoring affecting the availability of patient care in rural areas ?

What is Gamma Knife Surgery, Stereotatic Biopsy? How are these techniques affecting patients?

What Imaging Techniques are used for diagnostics and treatment?

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Click for answer sheet

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Click the links on each slide to access articles and videos about the use of technology in medicine. Answer each of the questions on your answer sheet.

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Computers and Medical InformaticsComputers and Medical Informatics

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Read the following definitions of Medical Informatics.

Biomedical informatics / Medical informatics: "Biomedical Informatics is an emerging discipline that has been defined as the study, invention, and implementation of structures and algorithms to improve communication, understanding and management of medical information.

Bioinformatics is the application of computer technology to the management and analysis of biological data. The result is that computers are being used to gather, store, analyse and merge biological data.(EBI - 2can resource)

1.List ways that medical informatics uses computers in the clinical areas of medicine .

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/primer/bioinformatics.html

http://www.geocities.com/bioinformaticsweb/index.html

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http://www.myphr.com/resources/tour.asp

2. Informatics in the administrative area involves patient information records. List some important points regarding patient information and documentation.

3. What does a degree in Health Informatics and Health Information Management prepare one for?http://depts.washington.edu/hihim/

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http://www.motioncomputing.com/products/tablet_pc_c5.asp

4. Medical Informatics has led to technological advances such as the Motion C5. How is this computer benefiting health care providers and improving the quality of patient care?

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/virtual-medicine.htm

5. What is virtual medicine?

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BiomechatronicsBiomechatronics

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http://health.howstuffworks.com/biomechatronics.htm

6. Biomechatronics is defined as the merging of ______ with ________.

7. What areas of science are used in the field of biomechatronics and what are the devices that are developed used for?__________________________________________

8. Biomechatronic devices differ from conventional orthotic and prosthetic devices because they interface with human nerves and muscles. In contrast how do orthotic and prosthetic devices differ from each other?___________________________

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http://www.nibib.nih.gov/publicPage.cfm?section=video&action=play&video=17

9. How are robotics being used to benefit the patient in the following video clip?

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10. What type of robotic system is being used at St. Joseph’s hospital for surgery?

11. What types of surgery are being performed using robotics?

12. After watching the brief videos, what skill being developed by many adolescents for entertainment will be valuable if these same individuals decide to pursue a career in robotic surgery? http://stjoevideo.photobooks.com/video/hvi_robotic_02.asphttp://www.nibib.nih.gov/publicPage.cfm?section=video&action=play&video=16

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http://www.alegent.com/body.cfm?id=3290

13.What is the Humeris Robot, S.A.M.I. ? What does S.A.M.I. mean?

14.What are the dimensions of this robot?

15. How many medications can it hold?

16.How does this technology benefit patients?

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TelemedicineTelemedicine

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http://videos.howstuffworks.com/uc-davis/1705-reaching-rural-hospitals-with-telemedicine-video.htm

17. Why do many doctors leave rural areas to practice elsewhere?

18.What technology is now being used to support these rural physicians and what patients are being helped ?

19.What type of services are provided?

20.Read the article below the video- How does teleconferencing work ? What type of equipment is required?

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http://stjoevideo.photobooks.com/video/eICU_tour.asp

21.How is the St. Joseph’s Maxcare eICU systems alleviating the shortage of critical doctors and nurses in remote areas of the country?

22. What are some of the services provided by telemedicine?

In the next video you will see an actual patient receiving the benefits of teleconferencing and telemedicine.

Click Here : http://videos.howstuffworks.com/uc-davis/1715-high-speed-video-conferencing-for-hospitals-video.htm

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Medical ImagingMedical Imaging

CAT ScansCAT ScansMRIMRIX-RaysX-RaysNuclear MedicineNuclear MedicineBloodless SurgeryBloodless Surgery

http://www.apple.com/science/solutions/medicalimaging.html

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http://stjoevideo.photobooks.com/video/SJ_Gamma_Knife.asp

23. What is gamma knife surgery ?

24.What area of the body is gamma knife surgery demonstrated in the video?

25.What are the three main benefits to the patient having this type procedure compared to traditional surgery?

26. What is the average time spent in the hospital after gamma knife surgery?

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http://www.alegent.com/body.cfm?id=3289

27.How does ultrasound produce 2-D, 3-D, and 4-D images?

28. Give examples of what ultrasound allows doctors and patients to see.

http://www.kidshealth.org/research/ultrasound.html

http://health.howstuffworks.com/ultrasound.htm

30. View the image gallery and list other uses for ultrasound.

29. Why are parents cautioned about ultrasound?

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http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/mri-lie-detector.htm

http://health.howstuffworks.com/mri8.htm

31.What does MRI mean? What process is used to create images from inside the body?

32. How does using contrast material during an MRI help diagnose disease processes better?

33.What are some circumstances requiring MRI scans?

34. After visiting the next link describe how MRI can detect lies. In the image gallery , view images created by MRI and list several .

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http://health.howstuffworks.com/cat-scan.htm

35.What is a CAT scan? How is an image created using this technique?

36. What are the benefits of this imaging technique?

37. Are contrast materials needed?

38.Which health care professional performs the scan? Who interprets the results?

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http://health.howstuffworks.com/x-ray3.htm

39.What are x-rays?

40.. How are the images created?

41. Can they be harmful?

42.What are the limitations of x-ray imaging?

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/reuters/2998-woman-has-pencil-in-skull-for-55-years-video.htm

Can you believe this?

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Fill in the blanks-43.Nuclear Medicine Imaging techniques give doctors another

way to look inside the human body. The techniques combine the use of________,_________ and __________substances.

44.These techniques include: • ________________________________________________• Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) • ________________________________________________ • ________________________________________________ 45.How is nuclear medicine imaging useful?

http://health.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-medicine.htm

46. Read here about PET , record notes on your answer sheet indicating the specific views PET provides within the body.

PET provides images of blood flow or other biochemical functions, depending upon the type of molecule that is radioactively tagged. For example, PET can show images of glucose metabolism in the brain, or rapid changes in activity in various areas of the body. However, there are few PET centers in the country because they must be located near a particle accelerator device that produces the short-lived radioisotopes used in the technique.

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http://laserbreastcancersurgery.com/

http://www.jumpcut.com/view?id=008530B2639C11DC95B0000423CEF5F6

http://www.britannica.com/eb/art-56765/Stereotatic-biopsy-of-a-suspected-breast-tumour

47. What is a stereotatic biopsy? How is it performed?

48.What is bloodless surgery?

49. How do lasers destroy tumors?

50. What are the advantages of lasers vs. scalpels?

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