Freestanding Medical Facility

What is the Opportunity? How will it be done? Who is involved?

This stand-alone medical facility ● Physical space combined ● Rural citizens

system will help people in rural
regions to gain access to
medical attention very
conveniently. This will
encompass virtual consultations
and many easily accessible
facilities.
with software for virtual ● Medical professionals
meetings . ● Pharmaceutical
Companies
● Stand-alone medical facility
● Software Engineers
integrated with a website ● Investors
● Virtual examination rooms ● Internet Service Provider
● Automated medication ● Government
dispensing

Enabling Technologies

● Reliable Internet Connection

● Web Conferencing Technology
● Patient Monitoring Systems
● Long-lasting batteries

Technology Development Milestones

● Access to reliable internet

● High-speed internet in rural areas
● Advanced medical machinery

Societal Challenges Societal Impact

● Economically, a patient’s health care might Providing residents of rural areas with virtual
not cover the cost of using the medical meetings and convenient stand alone medical
facility. facilities, which will allow people to address and
prevent many conditions.
● Socially, people might want to see a doctor
in person and not through a screen. 1. Socially, people would not be as embarrassed
going to the doctor when the doctor is not part
● Environmentally, some areas will not have of the community.
the internet bandwidth to provide clearly 2. Economically, people would be able to work
streamed images to the doctor. better when their medical needs are taken
care of.
● Ethically, having a camera and Microphone 3. Ethically, people would get medical care that
in a virtual examination room may infringe they need and deserve.
on a patient’s privacy.
References
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Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 57–76, 2017.
[3] “e-Connectivity for all Rural Americans is a Modern-Day Necessity,” United States Department of
Agriculture. [Online]. Available: https://www.usda.gov/broadband. [Accessed: 21-Apr-2021].