MEDNET'99

4. WORLD CONGRESS ON THE INTERNET IN MEDICINE

in Heidelberg (Germany)

Professor for Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Public Health,
for the GHNet team

USA

QOI/STL/PUB

Spain

Institute of Pathology, University of Udine

Preliminary programme:

• "An introduction to Store-and-forward telemedicine". Vincenzo Della Mea, University of Udine, Italy
• "The legal scenario of consultation". Christian Elsner, MedKonsult, Germany
• "Store-and-forward collaboration through shared clinical records". Stefano Forti, IRST, Trento, Italy
• "Issues of Internet medicine in rural and remote Australia: the infrastructure challenge". Joe Hovel, Monash University, Australia
• "Assuring the quality of diagnostic images: the case of angiographic images and wavelets". Klaus Woerle, University of Regensburg, Germany
• "Email solves communication problems for Third World health workers". Jack Woodall, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Further info: http://www.dimi.uniud.it/~dellamea/workshop.html

Switzerland

Greece

Netherlands

Scientific Summary and Prize-Giving
(Chair: Jack Woodall)

Department of Clinical Radiology, Klinikum Mannheim, University of Heidelberg

• Which medical application areas are interesting for international image communication?
• What are the advantages of global image communication?
  • availability of specialists?,
  • no care of day or night time?,
  • medical services for lower prices?,
  • competition and increased quality?
• What are the obstacles?
  • data security and privacy?,
  • license requirements?,
  • reimbursement restrictions?,
  • liability?,
  • language, culture and medical interpretation?
• What are the solutions?
  • What kind of techniques are appropriate - using internet or not?
  • What standards should be used? Can recommendations be made?
  • What are the solutions to privacy demands? Can recommendations for cryptography be made?
  • What solutions do we know for questions from legacy requirements and financial aspects?

   

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