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The UK Telemedicine Information Service

The UK Telemedicine Information Service. Jim Briggs, Keir Francis, Anita Smith University of Portsmouth, UK Dick Curry, CMW Associates Bruce Madge, British Library. Contents. Background History – NDTM The BL connection Implementation Mailing list Conclusion. Background.

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The UK Telemedicine Information Service

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  1. The UK Telemedicine Information Service Jim Briggs, Keir Francis, Anita Smith University of Portsmouth, UK Dick Curry, CMW Associates Bruce Madge, British Library

  2. Contents • Background • History – NDTM • The BL connection • Implementation • Mailing list • Conclusion

  3. Background • 1996: Survey of UK telemedicine activity • 1997: Further survey of telecare • Commissioned by the Research and Development Division of the Department of Health

  4. NDTM • NDTM set up to disseminate and update information • Website funded by Dept of Health RDD • Launched October 1998

  5. NDTM entries

  6. NDTM readership

  7. The BL connection • Collaborating since May 1999 • Telemedicine Information Service • Website • Walk/call-in service at St Pancras • More information available than just projects

  8. The TIS website • Projects • Companies: products or services • People: practitioners or experts • Resources: books, articles and websites • Particularly significant initiatives: • NHS Direct • DERA Virtual Hospital

  9. The TIS website http://www.tis.bl.uk/

  10. Implementation • Oracle database with search functions in PL/SQL • Advantages: • well-known product • can use standard interfaces to the database including SQL and ODBC • can dynamically generate pages using a variety of products (e.g. Perl, PHP, Cold Fusion) • not tied to one operating system platform • solutions easily scalable

  11. Telemedicine mailing list • telemedicine@jiscmail.ac.uk • About 230 members • Typically 3-5 messages a week • High signal to noise ratio • Community building

  12. http://www.tis.bl.uk

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