作者: Bruce E. Dunn , Hongyung Choi , Urias A. Almagro , Daniel L. Recla , Craig W. Davis
DOI: 10.1089/153056200750040200
关键词: Distance education 、 Medical emergency 、 Nursing 、 Technical skills 、 University medical 、 Veterans health 、 Peripheral blood 、 Teleradiology 、 Telepathology 、 Medicine 、 Telepsychiatry
摘要: The Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN)-12, headquartered in Chicago, has implemented a telepathology network between the eight VISN-12 hospital laboratories and Loyola University Medical School linked by an economical, high-speed wide-area (WAN). Implementation of WAN reduced monthly telecommunications costs approximately 67%. In addition to telepathology, enables real-time teleradiology (general, computer tomography, ultrasound), telefluoroscopy, telenuclear medicine imaging, telepsychiatry, other forms teleconsultation. Current applications include: primary diagnosis consultation surgical pathology, interpretation serum protein electrophoresis immunofixation gels, provision support for consolidated microbiology laboratories, review problematic peripheral blood smears, distance learning. We have learned variety lessons from telepathology. enthusiasm technical skill providers are es...