• Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.51-61
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• 2016

With high interest in the patient satisfaction of emergency medical services, there is a lot of effort into improving the process of Emergency Department(ED) utilizing the technology of Internet of Things(IoT). In this study, the core technologies of smart ED are examined and a decision support algorithm for medicine tasks is proposed. The proposed algorithm minimizes the decision risks such as task selection accountability, patient complaints, care delays and longer stay time. It can reduce the nurses burnout and improve the patient care with kindness and consideration. Ultimately, patient satisfaction, job satisfaction and professional identity of nurses can be increased. The comparative study was carried out by simulation in terms of the average length of patient stay in a simplified hypothetical ED system. In all the cases, the proposed algorithm was shown to perform substantially better than the other rule.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.10b
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• pp.87-88
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• 2008

과거에는 로봇이 노동 대체인력의 산업용으로 사용되어져 왔으나, 현재는 인간 친화형 고부가가치 서비스 지능형 로봇으로 로봇산업의 패러다임이 전환되고 있다. 지능형 로봇의 개발은 저출산 고령화의 부작용인 노동력 감소와 소외 약자에 대한 Care 서비스 수요증대에 크게 해석할 것이다. 이러한 지능형 로봇의 응용 및 활용방안으로 병원에서의 의료용 서비스 로봇시스템 개발이 급증하고 있다. 이러한 의료용 로봇은 수술시 의사를 보조해 절개위치 유도, 절단작업을 수행하는 수술용 로봇과 위장이나 대장 내부를 진단하는 내시경 로봇, 재활치료를 돕는 재활보조로봇 등이 개발되고 있으나, 병원 내에서 신속한 진단 및 진료를 위한 서비스 로봇은 국내에 전무한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 의사가 현장에 없거나 바쁜 상황에서도 환자와 원격으로 진단 진료를 가능하게 함으로써 응급상황에 대한 긴급 조치나, 질 높은 서비스를 제공하는데 큰 도움을 주기 위한 원격 진료용 서비스 로봇을 개발하였다.

• Information and Communications Magazine
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• v.12 no.9
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• pp.124-132
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• 1995

의료분야에서의 통신망 이용은 의료분야 전산화의 진전과 함께 계속 증가하고 있으며, 이의 일환으로 외국에서는 의료용 화상정보 표현, 전송 및 검색을 위한 표준 프로토콜인 DICOM을 이용한 PACS를 개발, 시험 또는 상용화 하고 있는 상황이다. 한편 국내에서는 이러한 PACS 시스템의 도입이 미미한 실정으로, 삼성의료원을 비롯한 몇몇 대형 의료기관에서 PACS의 일부를 도입, 운영하고 있으며, 보험청구 및 환자정보 관리를 중심으로 한 의료분야 전산화가 꾸준히 이루어지면서 많은 병원에서도 PACS 시스템의 도입 및 원격 진료 서비스 제공에 많은 관심을 가지고 있는 상황이다. 또한 이러한 의료용 화상정보 뿐만 아니라 일반적인 문자기반 의료정보의 표현, 전송 및 검색을 위한 표준 프로토콜인 HL7(health level 7)을 이용하여 의료보험 등과 같이 직접적인 의료행위 이외의 기타 부가정보를 의료기관 사이 또는 의료기관과 비의료기관 사이에서 공유하고 있다. 이러한 의료분야에서의 통신망 이용기술과 함께, 현재 고속 통신망에서 많이 개발되어지고 있는 화상회의 시스템의 발전에 기인하여 원격 진료 서비스에 관한 연구가 활발히 이루어지고 있는데, 이는 원거리에 위치한 의료기관간에 표준 프로토콜을 이용한 의료용 화상 또는 문자정보 공유가 가능해지고, 고속 통신망을 이용한 화상회의 및 긴급성을 가진 대용량 화상정보의 실시간 전송이 가능한 점에 기인한다. 본 고에서는 이러한 원격 진료 시스템의 발전 배경 및 전반적 시스템의 구조와 특성을 고찰하고, 국내외의 원격 진료 시스템 활용 현황에 관하여 기술한다.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.369-378
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• 2012

Asthma requires continuous long-term management with at least 5% outcome of general population as well as being the second cause of death and disability after cancer. The present study developed an efficient self management system based on the commercial mobile phone network. The spirometric test results are input to the mobile phone through the communication line connected to the portable spirometer. The doctor or the care-giver can search, identify, and review the data accumulated daily by the patient, and feedback to the patient necessary recommendations by short message and color mail services. Patient can also send an emergency call to the doctor and/or the care-giver. User interface was designed as convenient as possible for maximum efficiency of these operations. The present system provides a desired remote medical services, thus would enhance health management of chronic diseased patients.

• Asian Oncology Nursing
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.230-236
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• 2012

Purpose: This study was to investigate the effect of the application of cancer pain management guidelines on pain management among patients in Cancer Emergency Room. Methods: This study was a retrospective descriptive study. Before application, data were collected by analyzing the Electronic Medical Record in Cancer Emergency Room in September, 2011, and after application in February, 2012. The subjects of this study consisted of 231 patients (pre-application group 83, post-application group 148), who stayed over 24 hours and complained of pain higher than Numeric Rating Scale score 4. The post-test was conducted after educating the nurses about the application of the pain management guidelines in the Electronic Medical Record. Results: This survey showed that, as the cancer pain management guidelines were applied for cancer patients with above moderate pain, the pain intensity decreased, the number of patients reaching the treatment goal score increased. Furthermore, the estimated time to reach the treatment goal decreased significantly. Conclusion: Pain intensity of the cancer patients was decreased through regular pain assessments by nurses and the medication of analgesics according to the cancer pain management guidelines. Therefore, it is necessary to develop the pain management program and to provide the physicians and nurses with intensive education about the pain management guidelines for systematic and effective pain management.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.537-545
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• 2009

Though there were many research and development about telemedicine on land recently, not yet applied to that on the shore. In this paper, when emergency clinic situation were generated in a ship on shore, the telemedicine system was designed and implemented for transfer and clinic service to doctors on the land by measuring basic body signals of patients. Presently, wireless communication and inmarsat telephone are usually used by simple questions and clinic consults to remote doctors when emergency situation were happened in the ship. In this paper, the telemedicine system on the shore were developed for improving this problems by measuring patient's fundamental conditions such as the blood pressure, pulse, the respiratory condition, electrocardiogram, body temperature, patient image and sending these information to remote doctors on land for more accurate prescription. The developed system can supply the high level clinic service to emergency patients on the shore and cope with the emergency situation in ship.

• KOREAN POULTRY JOURNAL
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• v.41 no.6
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• pp.78-81
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• 2009

저멀리 북아메리카에서 신종 인플루엔자 A(H1N1)가 발생해 곧이어 국내에도 감염자가 입국했다는 뉴스가 긴급하게 보도 되었다. 다행히 추가 감염자 발생으로 이어지지 않았지만 불안감을 떨쳐 낼 수 없는 것이 현실이다. 이로 인해 국민들의 시선은 자연스럽게 축산물에 대한 안전성 문제에 대해 의혹의 시선으로 바라보고 있다. 또한 소비자들이 축산물에 대한 지식이 높아만 가고 있는 현실에서 우리 양계인들이 소비자들의 높은 인식을 따라가지 못한다는 지적이다. 따라서 본회는 질병관리에 대한 예방법과 중요성을 재인식시키고 교육과 토론을 같이 공유 할 수 있는'전국닭질병방역순회세미나'를 개최 하였다. 수도권을 시작해 세차례에 걸쳐 전국을 순회하는 이번 세미나는 5월 15일 충북음성의 '반석가금진료연구소', 5월 18일 전북 전주의 '삼성생명전주연구소', 제주도 '칼 호텔'에서 연 인원 650여명이 참석해 질병세미나에 대한 뜨거운 관심을 보여주었다. 특히, 제주도는 뉴캣슬(ND) 및 조류인플루엔자(AI)의 청정지역으로서 신종질병 등에 대해 다시한번 재인식을 할 수 있는 기회가 되었다. 본고는 세미나 기간 중 주요하게 다루어졌던 내용을 중심으로 정리를 함으로써 세미나에 참여하지 못한 농가들에게 도움을 주고자 한다.

• The Journal of the Korean dental association
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• v.53 no.8
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• pp.530-537
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• 2015

Conceptually, the emergency is classified as an urgency and an emergency. The Urgency is not immediately life threatening, but could become so if not resolved promptly. So, it requires prompt patient care same as in the emergency situation. However, the emergency is immediately life threatening and requires immediate action, such as calling 119 and basic life support. Most medical emergencies in the dental clinic cases are urgencies. The incidence of true emergencies is approximately 1/1,000,000. Adequate managing medical urgencies are important because the chance of encountering medical emergencies in the dental clinic is high and higher these days especially because of rapidly aging Korean society. Many dentists indicate that many dentists feel difficulties to recognize and treat medical problems. This paper reviews the concept of medical emergencies and how to cope with commonly occurring urgencies in the dental clinic such as loss of consciousness, hypoglycemia, hyperventilation syndrome. The best treatment for medical urgencies and emergencies in the dental clinic is prevention. Also, it is required to make preparation for emergency situations such as CPR education for dentists and being well-acquainted with equipment and drugs for the emergency care as well as to systemic medical evaluation, patient monitoring, and sedations for controlling patient's anxiety and pain. In this paper, simple algorithms based on guidelines for common urgencies in the dental clinic are suggested. In conclusion, every dentist has competencies to do the urgency care adequately and basic life support. Also, advanced cardiac life support is strongly recommended when sedation is performed in the clinic.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.379-385
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• 2002

Tele-medicine and emergency medical system are necessary for moving from an accidental point or far distance to a hospital and emergency treatment or home treatment before a hospital. Emergency treatment is extremely important in the case of death before arriving a hospital and deformed of disabled by medical treatment delay. A necessary element for this medical system is the emergency communication system. This system is on preparing for an ability of furnishing patient status to a corresponding health service by monitoring the patient at an ambulance of the accident place. This is the transportation of basic biological information of a patient to a medical center by wireless communication system and the corresponding hospital of medical center examine the patient by monitoring, then they can send emergency medical order to the patient for emergency treatment. The TRS is most efficient way of emergency medical communication system, which is currently used with popularity. In this paper studied simultaneously a way of detecting and transporting bio-logical signals, and monitoring of transporting data with communication of voice in the accident place of ambulance.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.14-22
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• 1998

Purpose : Cancer is a common cause for admission to emergency room(ER). Cancer patient present to ER with undiagnosed cancer, acute vague problem of cancer, or treatment related complication. But there is little information on the magnitute of the problems in the Korea. The purposes of our study were to evaluate the appropriateness of care for oncologic emergencies in Korea. Materials and Methods : This study was undertaken of all cancer patients above 15 years old presenting to the Seoul National University Hospital ER, who visited during the period from Oct. 16 to Nov. 15, 1997. ER record was reviewed and ER doctors evaluated patients' reason for visiting ER, appropriateness in patients' utilization of ER, oncology emergency Results : 266 cancer patients(17.4% of total patients) visited ER during this period and 166 cancer patients(62.4%) utilized inappropriately ER. Their average stay is 32.0 hours and 65.8% of them stayed for 6 hours. There were complaints of patients such as pain(44.8%), abdomen distension(9.4%), and dyspnea(7.5%). The most common oncologic emergency in ER during this study were gastrointestinal(34.0%), neurologic(21%), hematologic(8.0%), infectious(7.0%), respiratory(6.0%), and genitourinary(5.0%). Conclusion : For the care of symptoms like pain, most of cancer patients utilize ER inappropriately due to lack of attention from primary health delivery system. For the better care, the palliative medicine should be established in Korea.