First AMA-IEEE EMBS Medical Technology Conference on Individualized Health Care

I would like to suggest tele-healthcare systems. Recently, healthcare costs in Japan have continued to rise because of growing elderly population, and regional gaps of healthcare service have been increasing. To make matters worse, shortage of physicians causes many regional hub hospitals to have difficulties in management. Information and communications technology (ICT) in medicine has gathered attention to solve these problems which exist not only in Japan but also in other countries. So, we should develop some tele-healthcare systems using ICT and mobile communication environment for home-visit medical services, mass health examination, emergency environment such as ambulance cars and disaster.

Makoto Yoshizawa

Research Division on Advanced Information Technology,
Cyberscience Center,
Tohoku University

Japan