Project Number
- 117
Title
- Telemedicine
Description
- Telepresence technology for remote medical consultation.
Contact
- David Balch
Affiliation
- East Carolina University
Address
- School of Medicine
- +1.919.816.2466 x2468
- +1.919.816.2495 fax
- +1.919.816.2466 x2468
- dave@sparky.med.ecu.edu
WWW
Year
- 1995
Reference
- SIGGRAPH 95 Visual Proceedings
Project Details
- "Telemedicine allows medical specialists to consult across the barriers of space and time. As a health care provider assists the patient, the consultant conducts an interview and performs an appropriate physical examination [remotely]."
- "Electronic stethoscope, dermatology camera, otoscope/opthalmascope, ultrasound, and x-ray transmission are available to aid in the consultative examination. The consultation may be videotaped for the primary physician to view at a later time or for the patient to take home." All records are handled with utmost security to preserve patient confidentiality.
- "In 1994, [East Carolina University] completed construction of a telemedicine suite with four interactive rooms - the first facility of this kind in the U.S. Telemedicine is an efficient means of medical consultation in rural America. The program reaches out to prisons, military bases, rural hospitals, and clinics."
Sight
- video camera, video monitor, remote telecom hookups
Sound
- phone and intercom
Touch
- remote control panel
Smell
Taste
Other
Emergence
- 4 - Practical, Consumable, Applied
Intent
- 2 - Technique (paradigm, human)
Primary
- 204 - telepresence
Secondary
- 305 - community / society
Remarks
- Implementation details undocumented.
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