title: Extending the multimedia patient record across the wide area network.
abstract: The Dept. of Veterans Affairs is developing and testing a wide area medical network with multimedia capabilities for coordination and consolidation of medical services across locations. The system is composed of multimedia information systems at individual medical centers connected by a high speed wide area network. The DHCP Imaging System, which has been in clinical use for six years, provides storage management and workstation acquisition and display of the multimedia data. Teleconsulting capability using a variety of mechanisms' is being prototyped and tested to meet medical staffing and consultation needs.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Veterans Affairs, Technology Service Spring, MD 20910, USA.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Dayhoff
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Kuzmak
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Frank
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kirin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Saddler
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D019212:Multimedia; D019114:Remote Consultation; D012984:Software; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs