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IT support in emergency areas. A tool for telemedicine support in emergency areas International manager Claus Duedal Pedersen Danish Centre for Health Telematics cdp@cfst.dk. Agenda. History The WHO idea The collaboration server Test case. The development of the collaboration server.
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IT support in emergency areas A tool for telemedicine support in emergency areas International manager Claus Duedal Pedersen Danish Centre for Health Telematics cdp@cfst.dk
Agenda • History • The WHO idea • The collaboration server • Test case
The development of the collaboration server • Started in the PICNIC project where the basic idea was developed • First technical server was developed in the ciTTis project • Installed as a running service in the Danish Health Data Network as part of the MedCom project • Next version and introduction of a Structured Reporting Tool is developed in the Baltic eHealth project
Basic idea • This project is a part of the WHO on-going work to find new ways of increasing the efficiency of the response to large emergency situations. • The idea is to create a telemedicine response set-up that can be launched in disaster areas and that afterwards can be transferred to the local authorities and be part of the reconstruction of the local healthcare service.
Telemedicine as a part of emergency response • The collaboration server can be used for three purposes: • as a tool for online access to specialist resources for emergency workers in the disaster area 24/7/365 – as part of a emergency telemedicine tool-kit • as a communication tool for the local health care organisations after the immediate help – as a telemedicine tool for the reconstruction phase. • as a communication tool for e.g. second opinion services or online specialist assistance after the reconstruction.
Development • The development of the response set-up is on-going in a number of projects. • The Danish Centre for Health Telematics assists WHO in the development by providing a small part of the technical solution and assists with practical issues in a pilot project.
The collabortion server • A ”MSM” for on- and offline non-structured communication between health care professionals • Based on open source components • A simple user interface that can easily be translated into any language • Can run on very low band-width e.g. over satellites
The first test case • In co-operation with WHO in Sri Lanka the collaboration server will in July 2006 be made available as a communication platform for hospitals and healthcare staff in a part of Sri Lanka • The collaboration server will be used as a test case of the general concept in the local healthcare system • Next step will be to add second opinion service between hospitals or to specialists in Europe. • The collaboration server project is a part of the reconstruction of the healthcare service after the Tsunami.
First test case II • The server will be hosted in Denmark for the pilot testing, but if successful the server can be transferred to either WHO or Sri Lanka • If needed the collaboration server will be translated into the local language (It is now available in Swedish, Danish, Estonian and German).
Perspectives • In this project the general concept will be tested – new and better technical solutions might have to be developed • The objective is to get a better understanding of how and when telemedicine solutions can be introduced to large disaster areas. • And at the same time improve the world community’s ability to deal with natural disasters by making a better foundation for the reconstruction.
Thank you for your attention www.cfst.dk www.Baltic-eHealth.org Claus Duedal Pedersen cdp@cfst.dk