Telemedicine Expanding the Scope of Health Care Information

ECU Author/Contributor (non-ECU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
David C. Balch (Creator)
John M. Tichenor (Creator)
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East Carolina University (ECU )
Web Site: http://www.ecu.edu/lib/

Abstract: The definition of health information is growing to include multimedia audio video and high-resolution still images. This article describes the telemedicine program at East Carolina University School of Medicine including the telemedicine applications presently in use and the virtual reality applications currently under development. Included are the major design criteria that shape the telemedicine network some of the lessons learned in developing the network and a discussion of the future of telemedicine including efforts to incorporate telemedicine within a fully integrated health information system. Originally published Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association Vol. 4 No. 1 Jan-Feb 1997

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Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 4:1(January-February 1997) p. 1-5.
Language: English
Date: 2011
Keywords
telemedicine, virtual reality, integrated health information system

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