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- ItemPacific Telepathlogy Service at Fiji School of Medicine.(2008-01-09) Shashidhar, V M; Brauchli, K; Oberholzer, M; Pryor, J; Kishore, K; Krishna, RoyPacific Telepathology service has been established at Fiji school of Medicine FSM with technical support from University of Basel The service is designed for remote consultation continuing medical education CME health care research HCR To develop Telepathology services for participation with international Telepathology community for improving quality of health care in the Pacific Telepathology server for Pacific Pathology Group has been set up at http telepath patho unibas ch which is dedicated for Telepathology consultations bring together health care professionals in the Pacific to overcome limitations of distance lack of resources and to improve quality of healthcare services Accessed by a computer possessing Internet and email connection members send cases and questions review and comment on other cases and receive consultation via web or email Benefits are tremendous in terms of remote consultation CME HCR and improving quality of modern health care even at remote islands devoid of health care resources Internet speed or reliability is not a limiting factor Virtual institute of pathology has been established in Switzerland with over 400 Pathologists and is providing consultations to many countries including Solomon Islands where there is no pathologist The institute is functioning efficiently with average reporting turnaround time of 48 hours Efficiency is the result of organization and communication Presently this Service has been established at the FSM in Fiji Islands primarily for education And remote consultation with plans to expand to other island countries
- ItemTelehealth in the Pacific Islands: a perspective and update from the Fiji School of Medicine.(2001-10-08) Pryor, J; Baravilala, W; Katoanga, CThe Fiji School of Medicine FSM has increased participation with telehealth telemedicine in general and specifically with the Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network PPHSN and the Western Pacific HealthNet WPHNet through the establishment of a WPHNet Centralised Triaging Service CTS The FSM Telehealth Telemedicine Unit FSMTU will oversee the development of the CTS which is being closely coordinated with existing clinical consultation services provided through Project Aamai and the Tripler Regional Medical Center TRMC While the WPHNet CTS will initially be concerned with distance clinical consultation the FSM mission encompasses community health and professional health education in a wide range of disciplines Currently WPHNet only serves the jurisdictions of the US associated Pacific islands but with WPHNet CTS there will be an opportunity to include new member jurisdictions that do not have political affiliation with the USA e g Cook Is Kiribati Niue Samoa Solomon Is Tonga Vanuatu etc In addition although Internet technology is expanding rapidly in the region the capacity for outside communication throughout the Pacific is quite varied Very remote areas may currently only be able to communicate by using short wave radio Others have telephone and or fax while some have E mail but not full internet capacity The FSMTU will implement mechanisms to field requests through any of these communication avenues and so the WPHNet CTS will serve as a proxy for regional healthcare providers that do not have internet access