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- ItemChallenges in telemedicine and eHealth: lessons learned from 20 years with telemedicine in Tromsø.(2007-10-03) Hartvigsen, Gunnar; Johansen, Monika A; Hasvold, Per; Bellika, Johan Gustav; Årsand, Eirik; Arild, Eli; Gammon, Deede; Pettersen, Sture; Pedersen, SteinarThe Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine NST has over the past two decades contributed to the development and implementation of telemedicine and ehealth services in Norway From 2002 NST has been a WHO Collaboration Center for telemedicine In August 1996 Norway became the first country to implement an official telemedicine fee schedule making telemedicine services reimbursable by the national health insurer Telemedicine is widely used in Northern Norway Since the late 1980 s the University Hospital of North Norway has experience in the following areas teleradiology telepathology teledermatology teleotorhinolaryngology remote endoscopy remote gastroscopy tele echocardiography remote transmission of ECGs telepsychiatry teleophthalmology teledialysis teleemergency medicine teleoncology telecare telegeriatric teledentistry maritime telemedicine referrals and discharge letters electronic delivery of laboratory results and distant teaching for healthcare personnel and patients Based on the result achieved the health authority in North Norway plans to implement several large scale telemedicine services Teleradiology incl solutions for neurosurgery orthopedic different kinds of surgery nuclear medicine acute traumatic and oncology digital communication and integration of patient data and distant education In addition the following services will also be considered for large scale implementation teledialysis prehospital thrombolysis telepsychiatry teledermatology Last in line for implementation are pediatric district medical center DMS teleophthalmology and ear nose throat ENT
- Item[May heart murmurs be assessed by telemedicine?].(2003-11-17) Dahl, Lauritz Bredrup; Hasvold, Per; Arild, Eli; Hasvold, ToralfChildren often have heart murmurs referral to a specialist is common A service for remote auscultation of heart murmurs was established in which heart sounds and short texts were sent as attachment to e mails Our aim was to assess the quality of this method
- ItemThe potential of digital monochrome images versus colour slides in telescreening for diabetic retinopathy.(2008-03-05) Johansen, Monika Alise; Fossen, Kristian; Norum, Jan; Christoffersen, Terje; Oritsland, Håkon; Haga, Daniel; Hasvold, Per; Bellika, Johan Gustav; Knarvik, Undine; Pedersen, SteinarWe explored the potential of digital monochrome images as an alternative to colour slides in screening for diabetic retinopathy Twenty eight patients with diabetes were recruited for the study and 20 actually participated Using a fundus camera Nikon 505AF one set of three digital images and one set of three colour slides were taken per eye Two independent ophthalmologists graded the colour slides and the digital images for diabetic retinopathy The ophthalmologists spent about two minutes grading each set of images suggesting that specialists could potentially screen a large number of patients The agreement between the two screening methods was 0 95 and 0 89 with respect to disease or no disease The agreement kappa between the two ophthalmologists for grade of retinopathy was 0 47 when colour slides were employed and 0 61 when digital monochrome images were employed The results indicate that digital red free monochrome images represent a superior screening tool for diabetic retinopathy Tele screening may be beneficial when patients have to travel substantial distances to visit an ophthalmologist
- ItemRisk analysis of information security in a mobile instant messaging and presence system for healthcare.(2007-07-30) Bønes, Erlend; Hasvold, Per; Henriksen, Eva; Strandenaes, ThomasInstant messaging IM is suited for immediate communication because messages are delivered almost in real time Results from studies of IM use in enterprise work settings make us believe that IM based services may prove useful also within the healthcare sector However today s public instant messaging services do not have the level of information security required for adoption of IM in healthcare We proposed MedIMob our own architecture for a secure enterprise IM service for use in healthcare MedIMob supports IM clients on mobile devices in addition to desktop based clients
- ItemVideo calls from lay bystanders to dispatch centers - risk assessment of information security.(2011-10-24) Bolle, Stein R; Hasvold, Per; Henriksen, EvaVideo calls from mobile phones can improve communication during medical emergencies Lay bystanders can be instructed and supervised by health professionals at Emergency Medical Communication Centers Before implementation of video mobile calls in emergencies issues of information security should be addressed