Telemedicine and Telehealth Links

Telecommunications

• Answering the Call
  Is your network ready to greet VoIP?
• ATM Forum
  An international nonprofit organization dedicated to spreading the word about ATM technology.
• Bridging the digital divide
  Lower satellite technology costs have created a wealth of new opportunities for digital broadcasting players.
• Broadband: A 21st Century Technology and Productivity Strategy
  Author/editor: Joseph Lieberman
  Date: May 2002
  A white paper from Senator Joseph I. Lieberman identifying the full range of issues that must be considered as part of a national broadband strategy designed to stimulate economic expansion. Adobe PDF
• Broadband: A life-saving technology
  Dr. Benjamin Berg supervised an entire surgery while in front of a computer screen 3,500 miles away at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu.
• Business Case: Telemedicine And The No-Brainer Bandwidth Bargain
  Author/editor: Rob Kirby
  Date: February 5, 2001
  From Network Magazine. Haukeland University Hospital had dreams of telemedicine. When Gigabit Ethernet for the WAN emerged at a lower price than the hospital's frame relay setup, barriers to long-distance health care fell.
• Connecting The Nation: Classrooms, Libraries, and Health Care Organizations in the Information Age
  Author/editor: Emilio Gonzalez and Michael K. Hamra
  Date: June, 1995
  From NTIA's Office of Telecommunications and Information Applications, Connecting the Nation provides a status report on this critical national initiative by drawing from the most current data regarding Internet connectivity, a benchmark for NII access.
• Ensuring Internet Innovation
  Interactive video and audio streaming, instant access to information, telemedicine, distance learning, and multi-player gaming are among the activities that broadband will support.
• ESA Telecommunications
  The European Space Agency has plans for a Telemedicine by Satellite Program.
• FCC Tribal Initiatives
  Through consumer information, rulemaking process, and educational seminars, the FCC is working hard to promote the availability of telecommunications services to individuals living on tribal lands, including both Indian reservations and Alaskan Native lands.
• Flexibility Comes Relatively Cheap
  At its most basic, WiFi is the Internet equivalent of a cordless phone. Instead of replacing a coiled-up phone cord, WiFi takes the place of Ethernet cable, the thick wiring that stretches under desks in offices.
• Global Software Solutions/Communications
  An extensive list of links on telecommunications, including software, organizations, newsgroups, publications, training, buyers guides, and much more.
• Health-Care On-Ramps: A Road Map to Western States' Information Highways
  Author/editor: Christopher McKinnon and Paul Orbuch
  Date: April, 1998
  Funded by the National Library of Medicine, the report is based upon an 18-state survey conducted by the Western Governors' Association (WGA) and the National Association of State Telecommunications Directors (NASTD) between April and September of 1997. Surveys were sent to both telecommunications directors and rural health/telemedicine experts in each state and they were asked to collaborate on a response. The completed questionnaires were compiled into a draft report which was then circulated to each state to confirm the information.
• ICT Connections: Local Ideas, Global Applications
  Author/editor: Bob Rowe
  Date: December 29, 2004
  Rural telcos and cooperatives have tech-savvy local workforces that anchor their community's economic development and community vitality.
• Inmarsat
  An internationally owned cooperative providing mobile satellite communications.
• International Telecommunication Union
  ITU is an international organization within which governments and the private sector coordinate global telecom networks and services.
• International Telecommunications Companies
  A list of telecommunications companies worldwide.
• Management of Wireless EMC in the Healthcare Environment
  A white paper from the Mobile Health Care Alliance (MoHCA) to educate healthcare providers, administrators, IT specialists, wireless and medical device manufacturers, and network service providers regarding the importance of the safe use of wireless technologies in healthcare facilities, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), which is the ability of electronic devices to co-exist without adversely affecting their performance, and how a well-designed EMC program can help achieve the important benefits of mobile communication and computing devices while minimizing the risks associated with their use. [Word document]
• Multi-purpose Health Care Telemedicine Systems with Mobile Communication Link Support
  Author/editor: E. Kyriacou, et al
  Date: March 24, 2003
  Ambulances, Rural Health Centers (RHC) or other remote health location such as ships navigating in wide seas are common examples of possible emergency sites, while critical care telemetry and telemedicine home follow-ups are important issues of telemonitoring.
• NECA
  The National Exchange Carriers Association, mandated to carry out the Universal Service Fund.
• Point Of Care Can Be Anywhere
  Author/editor: Bill Briggs
  Date: December 2, 2003
  Point-of-care technology use is on the rise as provider organizations depend on data access to improve patient care and enhance revenue. From the online Health Data Management, an article on mobile hardware and wireless networks.
• Rural Health Care Division
  RHCD program information for health care providers (HCPs) and telecommunications carriers.
• Steve Goodman's Bookmarks
  This Web site has good information on the telecommunications industry, including links to telcos, equipment vendors, the FCC, wireless, and much more.
• Telecom Acronyms
  This list of telecommunications acronyms relates primarily to T1, DS3, and STS-1 SONET telecommunications, but has been steadily growing to include a broader range of telecom subjects such as GR-303, SS7, ATM, etc., as well as signal abbreviations used with some protocols. These acronyms are presented as they appear in industry standards and various professional industry publications.
• Telecommunications Act of 1996
  Text of the Act, reports of telemedicine advisory committee, and reports on implementation of the Act.
• Telecommunications Magazine
  Online magazine devoted to telecommunications. Has links to trade show information, vendors, products, and an online sampler of articles. Free subscription available upon registration.
• Telecommunications: Glossary of Telecommunication Terms
  The hypertext version of Federal Standard 1037C, Glossary of Telecommunication Terms, 1996.
• Telecoms Virtual Library
  A unique collection of links to other telecoms sites worldwide and part of the World Wide Web Consortium Virtual Library.
• Telemedicine via satellite – the way forward
  ESA is one step nearer to establishing a Telemedicine via Satellite Programme thanks to a constructive meeting with telemedicine experts.
• Telemedicine: A Guide to Assessing Telecommunications for Health Care
  Author/editor:  Marilyn J. Field
  Date: 1996
  The National Library of Medicine asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to develop a broad framework for evaluating clinical telemedicine. This book, available in full text, presents that framework and focuses on telemedicine's effects on the quality, accessibility, cost, and acceptability of health care.
• The move on to IPv6
  Health information such as a soldier's heart rate, blood pressure and temperature can be relayed along with positioning data.
• The VOIP Revolution
  Author/editor: Cynthia Webb
  Date: December 1, 2003
  It's showdown time once again at the Federal Communications Commission, and the stakes could be significant for consumers and big businesses, as major telecom providers and upstart technology firms square off over whether Internet phone calls should be regulated in the same way as traditional phone services.
• The Wireless Road Ahead
  Author/editor: Trace Gunsch
  Date: July 9, 2004
  The age of the personal computer is rapidly being replaced by the age of the mobile device. From cell phones and personal digital assistants to Internet cafes and highway traffic systems, wireless systems are changing the interactions of our society.
• Transmission Tune-Up
  Author/editor: Lisa Stammer
  Date: July, 2001
  This article from Healthcare Informatics online discusses broadband use and cost in healthcare facilities.
• Unleashing the Potential of the High Speed Internet: Strategies to Boost Broadband Demand
  Author/editor: RD Atkinson et al.
  Date: September 24, 2002
  A policy report from the Progressive Policy Institute.
• VoIP Case Study: Wireless Joins Hospital's VoIP Mix
  Author/editor: Joanie Wexler
  Date: January 17, 2005
  A 28-hospital system based in Chattanooga, Tenn., has added wireless VoIP phones so caregivers can communicate when mobile.
• Wireless in the Hospital
  Hospital administrators are being pressed to re-evaluate their networking infrastructure due to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations, and many are considering how to take advantage of wireless technologies to cut costs and improve patient care. From the February 2003 Healthcare Informatics.
• Wireless Information
  From Steve Goodman's bookmarks, information on wireless applications and products.
• Wireless Resources
  This site has been established as a resource for wireless messaging, alphanumeric paging, and wireless solutions.
• Wireless Whereabouts
  Demand is growing for unfettered information access.
• Wireless Wild West
  Author/editor: Gerry Blackwell
  Date: August 19, 2003
  Various schools and departments at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston set up an ad hoc Wi-Fi wireless LAN in late 2001, but gave little thought to security. A network security analyst was hired to establish security and develop a security policy.

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