title: A DBMS-based medical teleconferencing system.
abstract: This article presents the design of a medical teleconferencing system that is integrated with a multimedia patient database and incorporates easy-to-use tools and functions to effectively support collaborative work between physicians in remote locations. The design provides a virtual workspace that allows physicians to collectively view various kinds of patient data. By integrating the teleconferencing function into this workspace, physicians are able to conduct conferences using the same interface and have real-time access to the database during conference sessions. The authors have implemented a prototype based on this design. The prototype uses a high-speed network test bed and a manually created substitute for the integrated patient database.
authors.affiliation: Myongji University, Kyungki-Do, Korea.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chun
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cho
mesh_terms: D003196:Computer Graphics; D003199:Computer Systems; D003226:Congresses as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003628:Database Management Systems; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D019212:Multimedia; D018511:Systems Integration; D017216:Telemedicine; D014584:User-Computer Interface