Open AccessTME16/459: S.I.TE. Project: Spinal injury and Telemedicine
Author(s) -
S Boccaccio,
Pier Gerardo Marano,
R Saracco,
N. Dal Degan
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
jmir. journal of medical internet research/journal of medical internet research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.446
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1439-4456
pISSN - 1438-8871
DOI - 10.2196/jmir.1.suppl1.e123
Subject(s) - telemedicine , rehabilitation , protocol (science) , intervention (counseling) , medicine , medical emergency , tying , spinal cord injury , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical therapy , health care , computer science , nursing , alternative medicine , spinal cord , psychiatry , pathology , economics , economic growth , operating system
A meeting held in Augusta, in November '98, proposed the launch of a Telemedicine application in order to improve spinal trauma rehabilitation protocols. This medical area, as many others, is still populated by diverse ideas and doubts on the possible protocol of intervention: a common protocol tying together surgical, rehabilitation, orthopaedic and neurological medicine can lead to significant results. Methods Scope of this project, is to realise a network (virtual-line) using Internet, connecting Italian and German spinal centres interested on this protocol, and to allow for the exchange of data, clinical reports, images, with different levels of interaction: Store and forward E. mail; Attached documents; News groupReal time Videoconferencing system and electronic board.External users may have restricted access to specific information, although we can see the results of the work in a web site always kept updated Results The specification phase is now complete and at present the work is progressing towards the realisation phase. Discussion This application is very interesting from different points of view: It is a new Telemedicine application. It uses Internet, hence transportation cost are marginal and its reliance on de facto standard browser eases further applications development and portability. It fosters a new approach to co-operative research in medicine.