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- ItemInitial experiences with building a health care infrastructure based on Java and object-oriented database technology.(2000-02-01) Dionisio, J D; Sinha, U; Dai, B; Johnson, D B; Taira, R KA multi tiered telemedicine system based on Java and object oriented database technology has yielded a number of practical insights and experiences on their effectiveness and suitability as implementation bases for a health care infrastructure The advantages and drawbacks to their use as seen within the context of the telemedicine system s development are discussed Overall these technologies deliver on their early promise with a few remaining issues that are due primarily to their relative newness
- ItemTeleradiology as a foundation for an enterprise-wide health care delivery system.(2000-08-31) Dionisio, J D; Taira, R K; Sinha, U; Johnson, D B; Dai, B Y; Tashima, G H; Blythe, S; Johnson, R; Kangarloo, HAn effective integrated telemedicine system has been developed that allows a teleconsultation between local primary health care providers primary care physicians and general radiologists and remote imaging subspecialists and b active patient participation related to his or her medical condition and patient education The initial stage of system development was a traditional teleradiology consultation service between general radiologists and specialists this established system was expanded to include primary care physicians and patients The system was developed by using a well defined process model resulting in three integrated modules a patient module a primary health care provider module and a specialist module A middle agent layer enables tailoring and customization of the modules for each specific user type Implementation by using Java and the Common Object Request Broker Architecture standard facilitates platform independence and interoperability The system supports a teleconsultation between a local primary health care provider and an imaging subspecialist regardless of geographic location and b patient education and online scheduling The developed system can potentially form a foundation for an enterprise wide health care delivery system In such a system the role of radiologist specialists is enhanced from that of a diagnostician to the management of a patient s process of care