Soegijardjo of Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB)

ABSTRACT

Electronic Health (e-Health, eHealth) has a lot of existing definitions; one of them is “a multidisciplinary ICT application in healthcare, to process different types of medical information, to support medical procedure for improving the quality of life through enhancing community healthcare and education”.

In this presentation, we briefly describe our experience in conducting various types of research and development activities in e-health, mobile health and telemedicine systems for developing countries. In most of the collaborative activities, we implement the principles of “integrated efforts in education, research and community service”, through national and international collaborations.

The development activities may cover a large range of e-health, m-health and telemedicine systems but only a few healthcare applications will be discussed in this presentation. Different types of ICT elements/sub-systems/technologies can be used, ranging from microprocessors, programmable devices, PCs, tablets, mobile and smartphones, through local area network, mobile networks and the internet. Due to the multidisciplinary field in nature, synergic collaboration is compulsary. The activities can potentially be conducted through various in-country and/or overseas collaborations among personnel with different disciplines, groups, universities and/or other organizations.

From the application perspectives, there are a lot of opportunities in developing different types of application specific e-health systems, such as[1, 2]: patient/medicine data recording and reporting system, Paperless prescription system, Mobile telemedicine with multi communication links, PC-based electromyograph to support dentistry practice, PC-based continuous passive motion machine, Teledermatology system; e – IMCI (Electronic Integrated Management of Childhood Illness), PC-based audiometer, Mobile health system for supporting midwifery practice, and Tele-psychology system. The above mentioned e-health (m-health, tele-health, telemedicine) systems are basically for supporting diagnosis and therapy.  

Reviewing the experience of some developing and developed countries, it is also possible to develop new innovative e-health systems adapted to specific requirements. International collaborations have further additional benefits in obtaining international grants; this is particularly true for both community healthcare and educational related activities.

Unfortunately, there are a lot of challenges to overcome in conducting the integrated activities, which include: suitable collaborative partners (both in-country & overseas), problem formulation & design specification stage, e-readiness, users’ acceptance, collaborative activities – coordination – reporting, and proposal preparation. Moreover, we may face further challenging obstacles in obtaining multidisciplinary engagements and commitments from all team members, appropriate funding, access to international publication, as well as appropriate students (and team members) to be involved in the research and development work.

Despite those challenges, some encouraging advantages may be expected, such as: the research grants for supporting the materials and partial equipment needs, excellent opportunity and environment for students to learn solving real research problems, and the outcomes to be beneficial for improving community healthcare. Furthermore, more effective and efficient education process could also be expected, producing excellent graduates with sufficient experience in preparing and presenting international publications.

In conclusion, a number of important points could be noted, namely: the need of synergic multidisciplinary collaboration, to start focusing on (limited) specific e-health applications, and to be consistent with the objectives (i.e. education – research – community services).  We have to emphasize the need of openness to work in national and international collaborations with their potential benefits, but also focusing on national considerations, targeted goals, international publications, and human resources development.            

Keywords: e-health, m-health, tele-health, telemedicine, developing country, integrated activity, education, research, community service

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[1].In the First presentation, the following application examples will be discussed: Paperless prescription system; Mobile telemedicine with multi communication links; PC-based electromyograph to support dentistry practice; PC-based continuous passive motion machine; Tele-dermatology system.

[2].In the Second presentation, the following application examples will be discussed: Paperless prescription system; e – IMCI (Electronic Integrated Management of Childhood Illness); PC-based audiometer; Mobile health system for supporting midwifery practice; Tele-psychology system. 

Biography:

Soegijardjo Soegijoko (born in Yogyakarta, 1942) earned his Engineer Degree in Telecommunication Engineering from  the Department of Electrical Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), Indonesia, in 1964. His  Doctor Degree (Docteur Ingenieur) was obtained from USTL (Universite des Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, Montpellier, France)  in 1980. His thesis entitled: “Development of a Microprocessor-based External Artificial Pancreas (Application du Microprocesseur en Genie Biologique et Medical: Le Pancreas Artificiel Extracorporel)”. Moreover, he has also completed a number of non-degree or post-doctoral programs, such as: tertiary education (UNSW, 1970), VLSI Design (Stanford University – 1986; UNSW- 1991; Tokyo Institute of Technology-1984, 1985, 1990).  

Since 1966, he joined Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB, Bandung, Indonesia) as a teaching staff at the Department of Electrical Engineering, (currently School of Electrical Engineering & Informatics) ITB, and appointed as a Professor on Biomedical Engineering in 1998. During his academic services at ITB (from 1966 – 2007), he has actively involved in the developments and operations of various units, e.g.: Electronics Laboratory, Master Program on Microelectronics, Inter University Center on Microelectronics, Biomedical Engineering Program (Undergraduate, Master & Doctorate programs), Biomedical Engineering Laboratory.  Although he has been officially retired in 2007, he has appointed as an adjunct Professor. At present (October 2016), he is an adjunct Professor on Biomedical Engineering at ITB, as well as at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Institut Teknologi Nasional Bandung (Indonesia). His current research interests include:  Biomedical Engineering Instrumentation, e-Health &Telemedicine Systems, and Biomedical Engineering Education.

In educational and international collaborations, he has substantial experiences in collaboration activities involving many institutions in various countries, such as: Australia (UNSW, UniSA, Griffith University, USQ), Belgium (Ghent), France (USTL), India (IIT New Delhi), Japan (TIT, Tokai Univ.), Korea (Yonsei Univ.), Malaysia (IEEE CAS Chapter, MIMOS), Netherlands (Technische Hogeschool Enschede, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen), Pakistan (Aga Khan University), Philippines (NGOs: Molave Foundation, HAIN), Singapore (IEEE CAS Chapter, NUS), Sri Lanka, UK (Leeds Univ.), USA (Stanford Univ.). Some of the collaboration activities were also related to the community services and/or humanitarian activities.

            He has published more than 100 international papers in the above mentioned research interests. Moreover, he (and his colleagues) have also authored four book chapters published by Jimoondang (Korea, 2008), Springer (Singapore, 2014), CRC Press – Taylor Francis (2016).        

Currently, he actively involves in various societies within the IEEE that include: CASS, Computer, Education, EMBS, SSIT and WIE. His organization experience with IEEE includes serving as: section officer, student branch counselor/volunteer, chapter chairs and conference organizer. During his career, he has implemented a philosophy of “integrated education, research and community services”, therefore in line with humanitarian activities. He is currently the IEEE Indonesia CASS Chapter Chair, as well as SSIT Chapter Chair and actively involves in SIGHT activities. 

            Prof. Dr. Ir. Soegijardjo Soegijoko is a senior member of the IEEE, and can be reached through: soegi@ieee.org

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Address:Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), , Bandung, Indonesia

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