Journal article
Iowa's National Laboratory for the study of Rural Telemedicine: a description of a work in progress
Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, Vol.83(1), pp.37-41
01/1995
PMCID: PMC225995
PMID: 7703937
Abstract
As the federal administration advances the idea of the "information superhighway," many disciplines are being challenged to find ways to use advanced telecommunications to improve access to information, enhance learning opportunities, and achieve higher levels of international competitiveness. Telemedicine, the use of communications technology in the practice of medicine, may change the way rural health care is provided by improving access to medical information, diagnostic tools, and consultations. The information and health care services required by health care professionals are rapidly changing, and dissemination of this information to isolated practitioners has proven to be difficult. By providing support electronically from a central site, the most current information is more readily available. Using test-bed hospitals in rural and urban settings, the National Library of Medicine-funded National Laboratory for the Study of Rural Telemedicine at the University of Iowa is currently developing the necessary infrastructure to support targeted projects studying how telemedicine applications can be made more effective and readily available.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Iowa's National Laboratory for the study of Rural Telemedicine: a description of a work in progress
- Creators
- Michael Kienzle - Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242David CurryEdmund A Franken JrJeffrey Galvin - University of IowaEric HoffmanEdwin HoltumLee ShopeJames TornerDouglas Wakefield
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, Vol.83(1), pp.37-41
- PMID
- 7703937
- PMCID
- PMC225995
- NLM abbreviation
- Bull Med Libr Assoc
- ISSN
- 0025-7338
- Publisher
- United States
- Grant note
- N01-LM-4-3511 / NLM NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/1995
- Academic Unit
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Radiology; Epidemiology; Cardiovascular Medicine; Surgery; Injury Prevention Research Center; Neurosurgery; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9983995150202771
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