Designing a Tele-pediatric System Based on the Internet

ABSTRACT

The outgrowth and quick development in telecommunication technologies has open new opportunities for diagnosing of many diseases, which is life threatening, for patients who are in rural areas and district far away from city, and where there is no specialists.

Not all of the diseases are to be diagnosed using telecommunication technologies. Critical and life threatening diseases, in which patient cannot wait until going to central hospital, or specialist, need to benefit from the advantages of telecommunication technologies to save patient‟s life. The segment of pediatric patients represents a significant number of patients, and children representing the country's present and bright future, so we must focus on the importance of diagnosing and treating their diseases early and in a timely manner using the ways and means available to protect their lives from risks.

Designing a tele-pediatric system for monitoring of such cases can be vital and efficient is saving those babies‟ lives and protect them from significant risks of disability and even death that happen if their defects are not diagnosed and treated quickly.

This project had designed tele-pediatric system by designing webpages at both transmitting and receiving sites and connected to a designated database and then linked with the Sudan University of Science and Technology‟s Network for testing its efficiency and effectiveness. If this project is applied; it will contribute to save baby‟s life and raise up the overall health care.