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Real-Time Cell Phone Alert System for Infectious Diseases

Real-Time Cell Phone Alert System for Infectious Diseases. b y . CS 410 Fall 2009 Presentation 1. Introduction. ODU CS Senior System Group Member Chinese No Health Insurance. Outline. Societal problem Problem Characteristics Current Solution New Solution Customers Market

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Real-Time Cell Phone Alert System for Infectious Diseases

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  1. Real-Time Cell Phone Alert System for Infectious Diseases by CS 410 Fall 2009 Presentation 1

  2. Introduction • ODU CS Senior • System Group Member • Chinese • No Health Insurance

  3. Outline • Societal problem • Problem Characteristics • Current Solution • New Solution • Customers • Market • Conclusion

  4. Societal Problem • People are not informed fast enough about the spread of infectious diseases • They may not know there’s new disease out there • They may not know if they are in a highly infective area.

  5. What is infectious diseases? • Diseases that can be spread directly or indirectly from one person to another. • Two common types • Commonly infectious diseases such as cold, flu, etc • Disease outbreak such as SARS, Swine Flu

  6. Problem Characteristics • Only 39% of online users check news daily Infoplease.com

  7. Problem Characteristics Cont. • Evening news viewership fallen in half Stateofthemedia.org

  8. Problem Characteristics Cont. • More people are going newsless People-press.org

  9. Problem Characteristics Cont. • On average, about 2 million people fly everyday Bureau of Transportation Statistics

  10. Problem Characteristics Cont. • Over 1/3 million people infected with swine flu in 5 months Flucount.org

  11. Current Solution • Manually check several disease tracking websites • WHO Disease Outbreak News Center • HealthMap • RSS feed • Google News Alerts • CDC Travel Notices for Outbreak Alerts

  12. New Solution

  13. Computer Components • Database Server • Cell Phone • GPS • Java

  14. Advantage • Real-Time alert based on location • Potentially reduces the number of infective cases • Automatic

  15. Disadvantage • Accuracy • Privacy Concern

  16. Customers • Cell phone service providers • Use existing infrastructure, no new equipments • Potentially increase the number of subscribers • Cell phone users • Lower health care cost and time • $8000 per person (msnbc) • Average ER wait time is 1 hour (cbsnews)

  17. Market • 4 billion cell phone users world wide • About 60% of world population (ITU) • 48 million uninsured in the United States (msnbc)

  18. Conclusion • People need to be informed of the infectious diseases in real-time • Many people are not keeping up with the current news • Many people are traveling everyday • Current solutions are not adequate • New solution will alert the users anytime, anywhere • No new equipments or infrastructure • Lower health care cost and time • Large market potential

  19. References • http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0921860.html • http://www.stateofthemedia.org/2006/narrative_networktv_audience.asp?cat=3&media=5 • http://people-press.org/report/444/news-media • http://www.transtats.bts.gov/ • http://www.flucount.org/ • http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29355231/ • http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/06/health/main4325466.shtml • http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/newslog/Mobile+Phone+Subscribers+Pass+4+Billion+Mark.aspx

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