Tuesday, 22 February 2011
Monday, 21 February 2011
The Internet and medicine: past, present, and future. D. J. Doyle, K. J. Ruskin, and T. P. Engel Department of Anaesthesia, Toronto Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario. D. J. Doyle: djdoyle@inforamp.net
Abstract
The enormous growth of the Internet and the World Wide Web has made these two technologies an important potential adjunct to cost-effective health care research and delivery. This article surveys some recent developments in telecommunications, networking and artificial intelligence that are likely to have a significant impact on improving the efficiency and quality of future health care. Issues discussed include: clinical record keeping on the Internet, Internet-assisted medical diagnosis, privacy and security matters, financial transactions, digital money, bandwidth concerns, multimedia (music, audio and video) information delivery via the Internet, intellectual property, and the concept of Information Philanthropy
The enormous growth of the Internet and the World Wide Web has made these two technologies an important potential adjunct to cost-effective health care research and delivery. This article surveys some recent developments in telecommunications, networking and artificial intelligence that are likely to have a significant impact on improving the efficiency and quality of future health care. Issues discussed include: clinical record keeping on the Internet, Internet-assisted medical diagnosis, privacy and security matters, financial transactions, digital money, bandwidth concerns, multimedia (music, audio and video) information delivery via the Internet, intellectual property, and the concept of Information Philanthropy
Internet & Medicine 2.0
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Internet & Medicine 2.0
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Internet & Medicine 2.0
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Internet & Medicine 2.0
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general info
World Congress on the Internet in Medicine, is an international meeting which aims to bring together researchers, developers and users involved in the application of the Internet in Medicine. The Congress, which will provide a forum for the exploration of the rapidly developing relationship between medical sciences and the Internet, is relevant to all medical and health care professionals, as well as those involved in the development and application of the new technological opportunities offered to the medical field by the Internet and through the use of the World Wide Web. these is an example of what waptec media is out to do. May God help us.
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