"Science, Technology and the Future of Uzbekistan"Internet Healthcare Industry (IC card)

M1, Faculty of Media and Governance, Keio University
Urmonbekov Diyor

Introduction
I think the most significant point of improving healthcare infrastructure with ITC is the best way tosave people’s lives. And I am from Uzbekistan which is located in Central Asia. Our healthcare
system is not high as other countries and I am working IC card for the healthcare system inUzbekistan, especially in Andijan city. In this research, I am working on a business module andstructure of the IC card for the patient and hospitals, clinics. The aim of this research is to keep
patient’s health history in the card and any doctor can update it when it needed. It is fast, safe andefficient work of the clinics and hospitals as well.
Problems to be solved by the plan
The IC Card and system will provide broad information about the past condition of the patient andwhat diagnosis he or she was taken. On the other words, it will help to record past health issues andtheir cures, past diagnostics, all information related to patient’s health condition. For example, when
the patient is 45 years old, the IC card will contain 45 years information/data about patient’s healthcondition. For further examination of patient’s health condition, past data will be incredibly useful fordoctors. Besides, by implementing this kind of the IC Card, doctors at any hospital will be able toaccess patient’s past medical records. Those records would be key components for better
evaluation of health conditions and will help to identify the illness background. This IC Card will beusable in any hospital where is card reader is installed.
In Uzbekistan and in Japan, most hospitals and clinics still use a paper-based system for thereception desk which means it takes a time and paperwork is not good for the patient when he or
she feels not good. It reduces time-consuming, no paperwork and the most important one is noguarantee if fire accident or a strong earthquake happens in their office or storehouse. They can’t
find patients’ health history records once some accident happens. But for the IC card we can install
it local set which not connected to the internet then later we can improve it if a ministry of health inUzbekistan and Japan permits to use it in local clinics. Why in Japan is because I went to several
clinics in Japan and I filled out a sheet for my health diagnose then doctor will write it on his PC but
If I don’t go to his clinic after some year I can’t see and find my health history record for my next
health diagnose in different clinic. I think it is really important to our society to save our time andavoiding of paperwork.

Approach
The originality of this idea is from here - when my uncle was diagnosed with the serious illness in2010, he dealt with the usual medical hospitals in Uzbekistan by contending with multiple doctors
and healthcare facilities. According to his story, seven times he filled out forms listing personal andmedical information. But one time, he forgot to list a drug allergy, which led to a problem during
treatment. However, my uncle was successfully recovered, and his experimental story gave me anidea: why not put medical information on an electronic IC Card that patients could take with themwherever they go? And I tried to make it this card for real, but I could not get a fund for this projectand here is some originality of this project.
Time – when we go to clinic or hospital we need to fill out a form and staff will prepare and send it to
the doctor, it takes a time.
Safety – in developing countries such as Uzbekistan we have still problems with a natural disastersuch as fire accident and earthquake which damage the clinic which we put our health record in thestorehouse.
Effects and impacts on our society given by the plan
If I talk about the case of Uzbekistan, Internet Healthcare card is really useful especially for
emergency patients, and because they can’t speak and can’t fill out the blank, in that case someone
his or her friend can use his/her card and doctor can see what was wrong with patient’s healthcondition in the past. Another reason is lack of healthcare services in the hospitals of Uzbekistan.
Currently, in Uzbekistan, registration in the hospitals is based paper and ink. Keeping patient
records, submitting medical claims, making referrals, writing prescriptions, and booking
appointments are typically manual processes. None of doctors store patient data electronically. As
the habit of former soviet-union, many doctors have a stubborn affinity for using paper-based media
to collect and retain patient data. I think in Japan it’s pretty good system, I think with this project we
can improve healthcare patient record system in private clinics, before that it should be passed fromministry of healthcare in Japan.
My passion to make people’s life better and solve many global issues by implementing IT
technologies with my research project. Then I decided to make this project for real in our society
and help to the people and make our healthcare system better. Nowadays we know that a cloudcomputing term in our society and it helps to keep safe and transfer, update our data through theinternet.
Cloud Computing - many hospitals in Uzbekistan do not hold a large amount of databasesystems and equipment. By offering cloud computing with patient diagnose share system andpatient IC card, I do believe that success will be right at the door.
My plans for implementing this research project will be basically in two areas;
First is creation of patient IC Card for diagnosed data saves
Second is creation of online database systems with applications

While we live in globalization are, human movement is very active, for instance, one person may beborn in one small town and may move to the city for studying at the University and may transfer toanother country for work. In this condition, we don’t have any particular information about patient`s
health condition and historical data.
In my viewpoint, implementation new technologies such as patient health diagnose recording IC
Card and cloud computing system in the hospitals of Uzbekistan and Japan will be a significant
improvement of Uzbek and Japanese people’s life. At the same time, by creating applications forTablets, doctors will be able to check patient`s condition in regularly. In addition, the IC Card andsystem will provide broad information about the past condition of patient and what diagnosis he or
she was taken.

Besides, by implementing this kind of the IC Card, doctors at any hospital will be able to accesspatient’s past medical records. Those records would be key components for better evaluation ofhealth conditions and will help to identify the illness background. This IC Card will be usable in any
hospital where is card reader is installed. At the same time, patient’s diagnose records will betransferred into the BIG DATABASE System where can be accessible to other hospitals in the world(mainly in Asia). By doing so, similar illnesses could be cured in other parts of the world, especiallyin developing the world. I do believe that facilitating hospitals with ICT technologies and bringing
know-how, we can save so many people’s lives, especially in the second and third world countries.
On the start point, the IC Card will be applicable only for internal use, at this point domestic use,
because many medical types of equipment and conditions are not in one standard in the world yet.
Therefore, I think, many hospitals need to adopt similar standards.
Hospitals will be needed to register to the system for obtaining medical research projects anddiagnoses for many illnesses. "Online Cure” System could contribute to the international society by
sharing many facilitated research project results and diagnoses. Services on the system can beprovided in several major world languages such as Chinese, English, Russian, Spanish, andJapanese. In terms of creating Medical Applications for measuring patient health condition by using
wireless equipment and data will be sent directly to the computer and doctor. By using the internet
and wireless equipment, the even patient is at home or other places, a doctor can check the healthcondition of the patient.
On the other hand, the IC card could be used for a personal record as well. Patients may use the IC
card to collect data on their health condition by utilizing medical measurable types of equipment.
Those data in the IC card could be backed up or transferable to other devices for certain research
purposes as well.
Researchers and doctors also will be able to access online for getting necessary data. However,recently in Uzbekistan, lack accessibility into the internet and ICT infrastructure is still remaining
crucial issues. Therefore, doctors can record medical diagnosis and treatments of patients without

access to the internet. In other words, this IC card system could be vastly applicable in domestically,
countryside, remote areas or in developing countries where is lack of access to internet.
To sum up, I am planning to do research in the healthcare industry by applying IC recoding cardand online application systems. By doing so, I wish that will be my contribution to better healthdiagnosis and solving problems of many patients in Uzbekistan and other parts of the world.