Internet as a platformfor realization

of 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

Internet World Congresson Biomedical Sciences

(IWC)

organized byInternet 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 Occupationaland Enviromental Health of Japan, Kitakyushu,

Japanhttp://openglobal.med.uoeh-u.ac.jp/4iwc/index.html

5th IWC: December 7-16, 1998, McMaster University, Canada

http://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 Backgroundinformation about Congress e-mail, WWWWWW server WWWregistration e-mailabstract e-mailposter WWW, ftp lectures WWW posters WWW discussion WWW competition WWW proceedings WWW (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.1: Virtual Scientific Congress

Example no.2: Virtual Benchmarking Project

OZISAL on WWW

organized byCharles University Hospital in Pilsen

(Czech Republic)

via Internet

Data personal: average salary of doctors, nurses

and other groupsof healthcare professionals, etc.

economical:costs (blood, services, measuring instruments, etc.), profit on

assurance companies, profitability, etc.

medical: average per doctor or nurse: numberof 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-pageExample no.2: Virtual Benchmarking Project

Project MenuExample no.2: Virtual Benchmarking Project

Graph 1Example no.2: Virtual Benchmarking Project

Graph 2Example no.2: Virtual Benchmarking Project

ParametersExample no.2: Virtual Benchmarking Project

HelpExample no.2: Virtual Benchmarking Project

Example no.3: Virtual Reading Room

Multimedia Medical Library

organized byCharles University Faculty of Medicine in

Pilsen(Czech Republic)

via Internet

Virtual BookshelvesExample no.3: Virtual Reading Room

Electronic information sources on CDROM: for scientific purposes:

databasesmonographiesproceedings

for educational purposes: text-books training softwaredictionariesencyclopaedias

Example no.3: Virtual Reading Room

Technical BackgroundElectronic 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)

User AccessClients 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

Example no.3: Virtual Reading Room

User Screen

User Screen 2Example no.3: Virtual Reading Room

Example no.4: Virtual Education

SuperCourse“Epidemiology, the Internet and

Global Health”

organized byUniversity of Pittsburgh Graduate School

of Public Health

via Internet

Technical Background basic information e-conferences, WWWlecture - development MS PowerPointlecture - sending e-maillecture - exhibition WWWlecture - basic review WWW, e-maillecture - corrections MS PowerPoint+e-

mail+WWWlecture - final version WWW lecture - students WWW dissemination to another servers WWW translation to another languages MS PowerPoint

+e-mail+WWW

Example no.4: Virtual Education

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