InTelect: Interactive Telemedicine Communication Technologies Mobile App

Abstract

In over 90 million of the population in the Philippines, for every 10 people, 8 of them reported never having a medical check-up in their lives. Reasons for this are the ongoing economic issues of the country such as poverty, poor infrastructure, and heavy traffic. This paper focuses on developing a system for both medical doctors and patients whose ability and affordability to access healthcare in terms of medical consultations are very limited to almost none. The developed system, a mobile application, provided an environment for the remote communication of doctors and patients utilizing the mobile communication tools for the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) through the concept of telemedicine and the use of Global Positioning System (GPS). Through this research, medical consultations between doctors and patients are made more accessible since both users are able to communicate over long distances, making it possible to look for a doctor especially in the rural areas. The mobile communication tools and the GPS are used to allow patients to search for a specific kind of doctor and consult with them. Patients can also utilize the GPS alone to locate and get directions of the nearest healthcare facilities from their locations. On the other hand, doctors are able to accommodate patients remotely giving them the benefit for comfort and an additional source of income.