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Explore various healthcare projects like virtual scientific congress and reading room enhanced by the power of the internet. Discover the limitless potential and practical applications of using the internet in healthcare settings. Learn how organizations leverage online tools for communication, information sharing, and education, revolutionizing the healthcare landscape. Witness how virtual platforms offer cost-effective, efficient, and scalable solutions for healthcare professionals worldwide.
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Internet as a platformfor realizationof healthcare projects Václava Smitková
Synopses • Introduction • Many faces of the Internet • Healthcare projects on the Internet • Examples • Virtual Scientific Congress • Virtual Benchmarking Project • Virtual Reading Room • Virtual Education • Unimaginable possibilities
Many Faces of the Internet • Communication tool • e-mail, news group, chat, videoconference, ... • Information source • WWW • gate to “real” information resources • Information infrastructure • tele-projects • e-commerce • etc.
Healthcare Projects on Internet • Example no.1: Virtual Scientific Congress • Internet World Congress on Biomedical Sciences • Example no.2: Virtual Benchmarking Project • OZISAL on WWW • Example no.3: Virtual Reading Room • CDROM server of Charles University • Example no.4: Virtual Education • SuperCourse of University of Pittsburgh
Example no.1: Virtual Scientific Congress Internet World Congress on Biomedical Sciences (IWC) organized by Internet Association for Biomedical Sciences (INABIS) via Internet
Example no.1: Virtual Scientific Congress History • 1st IWC: December 7-17, 1994, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Japanhttp://www.medic.mie-u.ac.jp/proc.html • 2nd IWC: December 4-15, 1995, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Japanhttp://www.medic.mie-u.ac.jp/cgi-bin/proccgi • 3rd IWC: December 9-20, 1996, Riken, Tsukuba, Japanhttp://www.3iwc.riken.go.jp/CONGRESS/index.html • 4th IWC: December 8-19, 1997, University of Occupational and Enviromental Health of Japan, Kitakyushu, Japanhttp://openglobal.med.uoeh-u.ac.jp/4iwc/index.html • 5th IWC: December 7-16, 1998, McMaster University, Canadahttp://www.mcmaster.ca/inabis98/
Example no.1: Virtual Scientific Congress Programme • Opening Remarks • Welcome Party • Symposia • Sessions - Posters • Discussion • Proceedings
Example no.1: Virtual Scientific Congress Technical Background • information about Congresse-mail, WWW • WWW serverWWW • registratione-mail • abstracte-mail • posterWWW, ftp • lecturesWWW • postersWWW • discussionWWW • competitionWWW • proceedingsWWW (on CDROM)
Example no.1: Virtual Scientific Congress Virtual versus “Real” Congress • save money • save time • decrease organizational demands • (almost;-) no limitation for number of participants • low personal interaction • low discussion • influence of different time zones
Example no.2: Virtual Benchmarking Project OZISAL on WWW organized by Charles University Hospital in Pilsen (Czech Republic) via Internet
Example no.2: Virtual Benchmarking Project Data • personal: average salary of doctors, nurses and other groups of healthcare professionals, etc. • economical: costs (blood, services, measuring instruments, etc.), profit on assurance companies, profitability, etc. • medical: average per doctor or nurse: number of beds, number of engaged beds, utilization of beds, etc.
Example no.2: Virtual Benchmarking Project Graphs • graph type: • comparison • time series • data level: • hospital • department • time period: • current year • previous year (since 1994) • floating year • quarter (since 1/95) • maximum time period (1994-1998)
Example no.2: Virtual Benchmarking Project Security Aspects • personal: • application + recommendations + agreement • organizational: • data location • relative indicies • technical: • private codes for hospitals • user account + private password • firewall • shttp
Example no.2: Virtual Benchmarking Project Advantages • graphical interface • user-friendliness • simple operating - only WWW browser • simple upgrade and update of data and information system • no need to distribute and to install program • no need to distribute new data
Example no.2: Virtual Benchmarking Project Project Home-page
Example no.2: Virtual Benchmarking Project Project Menu
Example no.2: Virtual Benchmarking Project Parameters
Example no.3: Virtual Reading Room Multimedia Medical Library organized by Charles University Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen (Czech Republic) via Internet
Example no.3: Virtual Reading Room Virtual Bookshelves Electronic information sources on CDROM: • for scientific purposes: • databases • monographies • proceedings • for educational purposes: • text-books • training software • dictionaries • encyclopaedias
Example no.3: Virtual Reading Room Technical Background Electronic library = hardware + software + network • hardware- CDROM servers • software- Ultra*Net(CDROM titles in computer network)- Citrix MetaFrame(terminal connection to server) • network- ATM metropolitan networks- TEN34-CZ (Internet for academical institutions in the Czech Republic)
Example no.3: Virtual Reading Room User Access Clients to electronic library: • Ultra*Net Client- menu of CD titles • ICA Client (= Citrix MetaFrame Client)- collection of shortcuts to CD titles • WWW (= Java applet)- direct access to the Ultra*Net menu of CD titles through Web browser (MSIE or Netscape v.4.0)
Example no.3: Virtual Reading Room User Screen
Example no.3: Virtual Reading Room User Screen 2
Example no.4: Virtual Education SuperCourse “Epidemiology, the Internet and Global Health” organized by University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health via Internet
Example no.4: Virtual Education Technical Background • basic informatione-conferences, WWW • lecture - developmentMS PowerPoint • lecture - sendinge-mail • lecture - exhibitionWWW • lecture - basic reviewWWW, e-mail • lecture - correctionsMS PowerPoint+e-mail+WWW • lecture - final versionWWW • lecture - studentsWWW • dissemination to another serversWWW • translation to another languagesMS PowerPoint +e-mail+WWW
Unimaginable Possibilities • Remote Conference System for Image Diagnosis on the World-Wide Web • Design and Implementation of WWW-based Tools for Image Management in Computer Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Ultrasonography • Atlas of Blood Disease on the Internet • Using the World-Wide Web to Train and Certify Physicians in the Safe Use of Fluoroscopy • Using the Technology of the World-Wide Web to Manage Clinical Information