Health Network in Peru and Brasil

Abstract

Access to medical care is sometimes very difficult to be reached for people living in rural and underserved areas. This problem is very well known in rural areas in Latin America. Citizens have no access to health care. They have to travel hundreds of kilometres to receive a medical diagnosis. Within the MEDNet project, a medical network will be developed that addresses the problems of providing health care from a distance. The medical network will be supported by expert physicians located in urban cities of Latin America. The examinations will involve ultrasound examination, ECG test, blood test and blood test imaging for automated diagnosis. All the patient information extracted from the examinations will be stored in a health care database, along with demographic information and medication prescriptions. MEDNet project will connect the isolated regions of Amazon, in two different countries: Brazil and Peru. Moreover, MEDNet will make use of AmerHis satellite communication based on DVB-RCS for communication and storage and medical data presentation.