Wiring a medical school and teaching hospital for telemedicine.
The planning and installation of a telemedicine system for communication within a teaching hospital and its academic and hospital units with a capacity for accommodation of up to 400 video-stations is described. The system is intended for improving the communication between patients and health professionals, and between the health professionals themselves. It also provides the basis for improving pre-graduate teaching, especially problem-based learning, and all aspects of postgraduate teaching.
Hjelm
N M
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Area of Excellence in Telemedicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, People's Republic of China. magnus_hjelm@hotmail.com
Lee
J C
JC
Cheng
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Chui
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D003201:Computers; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D019212:Multimedia; D012577:Schools, Medical; D017216:Telemedicine