Remote Minor Surgical Support for Isolated Arctic Researcher: A Case Study in Telemedicine Intervention"
A scientist in an Observatory in the Arctic has developed a cyst on his toes and needs surgical help for the same. The scientist is alone in his facility and there are no cities or villages nearby but he has access to high speed Internet via Satellite, the cyst does not threaten the life of the scientist but prevents him from walking around easily and the procedure requires help from a Dermal Surgeon:
•The scientist has no training in surgery but can connect to a doctor remotely
•The scientist needs to showcase his problems and then doctor needs to prescribe the required medicine
•The scientist has a full surgical kit at his disposal with necessary tools
•The doctor needs a full live video during the process to guide the scientist for the same
Design Solution and Conclusion
01 PRE SURGERY STAGE: Introduces a landing page which mainly focuses on the need of patients to learn how to do minor surgeries and get introduced to the basic surgical kit, Here through Video conference the doctor can guide the patients choosing the right tutorials according the medical conditions. Thus it Includes general search option , Available doctors according to your illness, Blogs for your information,Tool introductions tutorials and Minor Surgery tutorials
02 SURGERY STAGE: During surgery the doctor need to have a closer look on to the Location of surgery, Tool kit and need to continuously talk with the patient. Thus, Tap to zoom functionality has been implemented to satisfy the mandatory requirements of doctors. Also the steps to be followed is given as an instruction at the left side of the screen along with time tracking at the top right corner.
Adding another feature which is the Multi device connectivity to shoot the live surgery from multiple angle which provides the doctor a much detailed view
03 POST SURGERY STAGE: Post consultation tracks your previous consultation records and the patient will be able to interact with the doctors
to conduct routine check up. Through chat box the users can also setup videoconference, share documents like medical reports, photographs which makes the interaction much friendly and easier.
