title: Wiring a medical school and teaching hospital for telemedicine.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Area of Excellence in Telemedicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., People's Republic of China. magnus_hjelm@hotmail.com
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Hjelm
authors.forename: J C K
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chui
mesh_terms: D003201:Computers; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D019212:Multimedia; D012577:Schools, Medical; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000295:instrumentation*