OMD553 - TELEHEALTH TECHNOLOGY

Unit I

Part A

1. Define telemedicine.

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2. What are the advantages of implementing telehealth in rural areas?

3. State any three ethical and legal aspects of telemedicine.

4. Give the classification of drivers used in telemedicine.

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5. Distinguish between telehealth and telecare.

6. What are the limitations of telemedicine?

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7. State any three recent advances in telemedicine.
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8. What are the organs of telemedicine?
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Part B&C

1. Explain the major milestones in the history of telemedicine at

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international level.
2. What are the organs of telemedicine? Explain.

3. Why telemedicine is important in the development of healthcare?

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Discuss in detail about the recent advances in telemedicine.

4. Explain in detail about

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(i) confidentiality in telemedicine.

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(ii) safety and regulatory issues in telemedicine.

5. Enumerate the factors which are likely to drive the growth of
telemedicine. Explain in detail.

6. Write short notes on social and legal issues in telemedicine.

 7. Give a detailed explanation on the history and evolution of
telemedicine.

8. What is the role of telemedicine in the development of rural health

care? Discuss about global and Indian scenario in Telemedicine.

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Unit II

Part A

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1. Distinguish between EHR and PHR.

2. What is the need for image compression?

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3. List the factors to be taken into account while selecting telemedicine
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technology.

4. Define EMR.

5. What are the types of information used in telemedicine?

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6. What are the data standard, communication standard and imaging

standard for clinical data exchange?
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7. Distinguish between lossless and lossy compression techniques.

8. Give any three examples for lossless compression algorithms.

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9. Name any four video compression methods.

10. What are the different audio formats used in telemedicine?
11. What is a satellite?
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1. List out the various standards for the compression of still images.
Explain each in detail.

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2. Write short notes on (i) POTS (ii) ANT (iii) ISDN (iv)PSTN

3. Specify the types of information used in telemedicine. Explain

anyone in detail.

4. List out the various video compression standards for telemedicine.

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Explain each in detail.

5. Describe about the transmission of data in telemedicine.

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6. List out the various standards for compression of still images.
Explain any one in detail.
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7. Distinguish between EMR, EHR and PHR. Explain with the help of
diagram.
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8. What is the need for audio compression and what are the methods
used for this purpose?

9. What is a satellite? Explain its use and advantages for

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communication purposes, especially in the context of telemedicine.

10. Explain in detail LAN and WAN technology used in telemedicine.

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 1. What is encryption?

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Unit III

Part A
 2. Give the different phases of encryption.

3. What are the objectives of DICOM standard?

4. Name any four reference categories for HL7 standard.

5. What is cryptography? What is the role of cryptography in

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telemedicine?

6. What are the cyber laws related to telemedicine?

7. Why do we need cyber laws in telemedicine?

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8. How security and confidentiality is ensured in medical records?

9. List out the protocols used in telemedicine.

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Part B&C

Unit IV
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1. How is data security ensured in telemedicine? Explain.

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2. Write short notes on (i) Cryptography (ii) encryption

3. Describe about the mechanisms of encryption used in telemedicine.

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4. What are the different phases of encryption? Explain in detail.

5. Give a detailed explanation on TCI/IP protocol used in telemedicine.

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6. What is DICOM? Explain the objectives for framing this standard and
its areas of applications.
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7. Write short notes on (i) HL7, (ii) H.320

8. What are the cyber laws related to telemedicine? Explain in detail.

9. Describe about security and confidentiality in telemedicine.

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Part B&C

1. What is teleradiology?

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2. List out any four applications of telemedicine.

3. What are the goals of teleradiology?

4. Give the steps involved in teleradiology system.

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5. What are the components of a teleradiology system?

6. Define telepathology.

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7. Distinguish between static telepathology and dynamic telepathology.
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8. What are the components of a telepathology system?

9. How is medical information stored in telemedicine?

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1. What is teleradiology? Explain in detail the components of a

teleradiology system.

2. Give a detailed description about the types of imaging modalities used

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in teleradiology system.
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3. What is telepathology? Explain the types of telepathology systems.

What is the difference in the equipment used for its different types?
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4. Describe about the medical information storage and management

system for telemedicine.

5. Write short notes on the information storage system for (i) Patient
information (ii) medical history

6. Write short notes on the information storage system for (i) test data
(ii) medical images.

7. Explain about hospital information system.

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Part B&C

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1. What is telecardiology?

2. List outthe essential equipment for teleradiology.

3. Define telesurgery.

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4. What are the components of a telerobotic system?

5. Define teleoncology.
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6. What are the advantages of telemedicine in neuroscience?

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1. What is robotic surgery? Explain the functioning of a telerobotic system

with the special reference to its various components.
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2. Explain the importance of telemedicine in managing healthcare during

natural disasters and medical emergencies on land, sea and in air.
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3. Give a detailed description about telecardiology in telemedicine.

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4. Write short notes on teleoncology.

5. Explain the role of telemedicine in neurosciences.

6. What are the business aspects of telemedicine? Explain in detail about

project planning and costing.

7. Give a detailed explanation on the usages of telemedicine.

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