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Figure 2. Images from rural villages near Palanpur: typical family quarters, and PHC medical center
3. Electronic systems based on mobile network
coverage.
◦ Impact of electronic individual iden-
tification on rural healthcare and oth-
er livelihood and wellbeing.
◦ Benefits to local patients to access
critically medical resources in mul-
tiple location practices.
◦ Benefits to local healthcare providers
in data analysis, continuing educa-
tion, and research on health crisis.
◦ Competing solutions with combined
RFID and cellular applications for in-
dividual identification.
◦ Feasibility of local Vodafone in-kind
contribution to project infrastructure.
4. Draft agreements with local partners.
◦ Memorandum of understanding with
the two identified hospitals and the
mobile network provider.
◦ Potential local NGOs supporting the
project.
◦ Potential existing complimentary
projects in the target area.
◦ Local IEEE support and involvement.
◦ Perceived benefits and added value
by each local partner.
5. Framework for meaningful trial and criteria
for success.
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How the local situation align with
HTC's and RFID committee's
charters.
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Roadmap, milestones, and timeframe
for deliverables.
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Resources
needed
for
the
implementation.
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Local personnel availability, and the
need for training and education.
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Risks, and potential barriers and
mitigations.
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Success criteria defining if the project
is successful.
5.3. Solution Outline
The technology solution targets outreach health-
care for remote rural or disadvantaged inner city
(slum) communities. The solution concept is
depicted in the diagram of Figure 3, produced dur-
ing the field test for easy access by non-technical
stakeholders.
The solution uses RFID to enhance emerging
community health care and for remote locations,
via cellular connection i.e. mHealth. The solution
is used for non-mission-critical healthcare.
Patients will have durable identification cards
(out-patients) and bracelets (in-patients) with
RFID chip and memory chip to hold some patient
data in case wireless communications is not avail-
able, and similar tags provided for medicines and
Scaling of solution and applicability
to other communities.
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