Open AccessDon Lindberg, High performance computing and communications, and telemedicine
Author(s) -
Michael J. Ackerman,
Sally E. Howe,
Daniel R. Masys
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
information services and use
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1875-8789
pISSN - 0167-5265
DOI - 10.3233/isu-210143
Subject(s) - telemedicine , agency (philosophy) , health care , covid-19 , computer science , work (physics) , pandemic , medical education , political science , sociology , medicine , engineering , mechanical engineering , social science , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
From 1992 to 1995 Donald A.B. Lindberg M.D. served concurrently as the founding director of the National Coordination Office (NCO) for High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) and NLM director. The NCO and its successors coordinate the Presidential-level multi-agency HPCC research and development (R&D) program called for in the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991. All large Federal science and technology R&D and applications agencies, including those involved in medical research and health care, participate in the now-30-year-old program. Lindberg’s HPCC efforts built on his pioneering work in developing and applying advances in computing and networking to meet the needs of the medical research and health care communities. As part of NLM’s participation in HPCC, Lindberg promoted R&D and demonstrations in telemedicine, including testbeds, medical data privacy, medical decision-making, and health education. That telemedicine technologies were ready to meet demand during the COVID-19 pandemic is testament to Lindberg’s visionary leadership.