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TelehealthNews..Vol. 3 No.3 ......December 1999
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Welcome to the TelehealthNews, the Internet Telehealth resource for health
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Virtual Private Networks
2. Grants
3. Articles of interest to Behavioral Healthcare Practitioners
4. FYI: International Telehealth by Bob Pyke, Jr., RN, CPNP
5. Conferences & Conventions
6. Distance Learning & Education
7. Internet Resources
8. Organizations & Companies (including Vendors)
9. Email Discussion Lists
10. Videoconferencing Resources
11. Privacy, Subscribing, Unsubscribing & Archives
TelehealthNews Review Board
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FEATURED ARTICLE:
Virtual Private Networks
by Marlene M. Maheu, Ph.D.
One of the most currently popular areas for securing and transmitting
healthcare information is the use of virtual private networks (VPNs) to
transmit data via the Internet. Utilizing “private” networks of the
Internet through a wide area network (WAN) backbone, long-distance dial up and
leased line charges can be eliminated (Guy, 1999; Hurwicz, 1997). Connections
to the Internet-based VPN are local. In fact, VPNs have been reported to lower
networking costs from 30 to 80% (V-One, 1999).
In addition to lowering network costs, Internet-based VPNs have the
ability to extend worldwide access with local access capabilities provided
by the Internet. This accessibility can improve productivity easily and
affordably while delivering high reliability, redundancy and resiliency of the
Internet (Bay Networks, 1999). VPNs can also increase flexibility and simplify
healthcare operations with a single per-site connection to an intranet,
extranet, and the Internet (Guy, 1999, ).
One likely VPN application for health care is the extranet. An extranet
is a network among multiple, independent parties. For example, a
practitioner can use an extranet to access patient records and Medicare
claims processing.
Other organizations may benefit from intranets within their own staff and
offices. For instance, hospital staff can use the intranet to securely access
patient records from their homes or offices or satellite clinics can use
the intranet to communicate with the central hospital. VPNs allow
practitioners to be able to securely access:
Master Person Index: A mechanism for identifying patients across
disparate systems
Clinical data repositories: A complete clinical patient history
Global registration: Patient registration at any point in the
health care history
Referrals, claims, lab orders and results, and benefits administration"
(Guy, 1999)
VPNs also utilize the latest developments in communications security.
Specifically, VPNs use encryption technology and so-called tunneling
techniques to ensure that communication that travels through intranets,
extranets and the Internet is protected (Guy, 1999; Hurwicz, 1997). VPN security is
provided by identification of the user to prevent infiltration from outside
the network; maintenance of the privacy of the data as it passes through the
network;and selective access to different network assets for different users.
References:
Bay Networks. (1999). Understanding and Implementing Virtual Private
Networking (VPN) Services. Retrieved September 10, 1999 from the World Wide
Web: http://www.baynetworks.com/products/Papers/2746.html
Guy, S. (1999, March 1). Virtual private networks. American Medical News.
Retrieved April 15, 1999 from the World Wide Web:
http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/amnews/pick_99/tech0301.htm
Hurwicz, M. (1997, July). Virtual private networks offer some serious
savings -- if you know the secret. Byte. Retrieved September 10, 1999 from
the World Wide Web: http://www.byte.com/art/9707/sec6/art3.htm
V-One. (1999, February). Virtual private networks for the health care
industry. New York: Author
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GRANTS
FUNDING NOTICE FOR TELEHEALTH IN CALIFORNIA
Submitted by Nancy Belle
With support from the California Endowment, the California
Telehealth & Telemedicine Center will be awarding $2.6
million in grants to support innovative telehealth and telemedicine
(TH/TM) services and programs to eligible organizations
that are located in and serve California.
<http://telemed.calhealth.org/funding/funding.htm>
Priscilla Enriquez, MPH
Program Manager, California Telehealth & Telemedicine Center
916.552.7674 <[log in to unmask]>
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ARTICLES OF INTEREST TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONERS
The Nature of Internet Addiction: Psychological Factors
in Compulsive Internet Use
by David N. Greenfield, Ph.D., L.MFT, CEAP
The Internet may appear to be an additional behavior that can produce a
compulsive pattern of use possibly leading to an addictive process....
See full article: http://telehealth.net/articles/internet_addiction.html
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Automated Telehealth systems to Deliver Health Behavior Change Interventions
by Robert Friedman, M.D.
Telehealth systems have only recently been utilized to deliver health
behavior change interventions. TLC (Telephone-Linked Computer) system is
an interactive, totally automated, computer-controlled telephone
conversation system which can be utilized as a stand alone intervention or
as a supplement to the care provided by a clinician....
See rest of article: http://telehealth.net/articles/automated.html
Robert Friedman, M.D. Email: <[log in to unmask]> URL: www.misu.bmc.org
720 Harrison Avenue, Suite 1102, Boston, MA 02118 Tel: (617) 638-7580
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Confidentiality in Cyberpsych
by George J. Alexander, J.D., J.S.D.
The federal government, notably but not exclusively in HIPPA, has required confidentiality but has made exceptions
that are very broad The Secretary of H.H.S. promulgated rules which allow overriding client confidences in areas of
national priorities.... See full article: http://telehealth.net/articles/cyberpsych.html
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Regulation of Cyberpsych
by George J. Alexander, J.D., J.S.D.
The interstate practice of psychology is growing quickly as technology advances. Regulation of the field, beyond
professional regulation of licensed psychologists, is very sparse. How regulation applies to cyberpsych (telehealth) is
still less clear even as it concerns licensed psychologists with clients out of the state of their license....
See full article: http://telehealth.net/articles/regulation.html
Professor Alexander teaches Law and Psychiatry and is coauthor of Law and Mental Disorder and of numerous other
books and articles. He was Dean of the Law School for fifteen years, is a past President of the Society of American
Law Teachers and a frequent public lecturer. He can be reached at [log in to unmask], or at 408 554 4053.
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Integrating Telehealth and Media: Radio Psychology
by Marie-Helene Pelletier, MA
Various issues have emerged as a result of the increasingly combined use of the Internet and the media.
See full article: http://telehealth.net/articles/integrating.html
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The Development and Evaluation of a Computer System for Distance Art Therapy
by Kate Collie and Davor Cubranic
For this study, we developed a low-bandwidth computer system (that can be handled by standard home computers)
that supports synchronous communication by speech and sharable hand-drawn images.
See full article: http://telehealth.net/articles/develop.html
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FYI: INTERNATIONAL TELEHEALTH by Bob Pyke, Jr., RN, CPNP
Satelife & Netaid have Joined Forces
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Cisco Systems have
joined forces to create NetAid, the beginning of a new, long-term effort to
utilize the unique networking capabilities of the Internet to promote development and
alleviate extreme poverty across the world. It is the largest public/private
partnership ever to take place to address this serious issue.
The NetAid Foundation is a global exchange point to link people to suc-
cessful agents and agencies of change in order to help the millions of
men, women, and children who don't live on the cutting edge, but who
instead live on the edge of survival.
Where does SATELLIFE fit in? SATELLIFE was highlighted in the UNDP 1999
Human Development Report for its track record in using technology to
improve health in poverty-stricken areas of the world. NetAid is now
featuring SATELLIFE as one of the select organizations around the world
that successfully harnesses the power of the Internet to help solve the
global problem of poverty. SATELLIFE is excited about this initiative
and that people everywhere are recognizing that the Internet can be
used on a grand scale to alleviate human suffering.
For more information on NetAid, see the NetAid official web site at:
<http://www.netaid.org>
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Experimental Electronic Research Archive
The Lancet has launched an experimental electronic research archive (ERA)
in international health. This self-archive will be owned by authors and
administered by The Lancet. Access will be unrestricted through the ERA
website, http://www.thelancet.com/newlancet/eprint/ Their objective is to
create a searchable electronic public library of research in international
health. They are seeking content that covers all issues relevant to
medicine in the developing world. Please support this excellent effort to
make knowledge accessible to all members of the international health
community.
A Telehealth request for assistance from the South Asia Listserv
5 projects have been identified at Dhaka. Of these, a funding proposal
prepared by Imran Rasheed, Irfan Khan, Samudra Haque and myself is already
under examination. This proposal incorporates some elements of the Internet
radio and satellite-based content distribution, and telecenter proposals. We
are looking for sponsors for the optic fiber backbone seminar, and I am
preparing a funding proposal for an e-commerce study that will look for
ways to ensure that the poor are not excluded. That leaves the telemedicine
project.
Is anybody willing to prepare a project proposal including budget, for a
study or actual implementation, and willing to spend the time and effort to
see it through? If yes, please let us know quickly what you have in mind,
and a timeframe in which we can expect the proposal.
Arun Mehta, B-69, Lajpat Nagar-I, New Delhi-110024. Phone 6841172,
6849103 http://www.cerfnet.com/~amehta
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A Request for Assistance
I am trying to identify telemedicine projects relevant to pediatrics. I have
heard presentations from some university-based projects, but I'd like a more
comprehensive list. If you know of any other peds-related telemedicine
projects (real or proposed) please let me know. I am compiling a list of
projects as part of an AAP project on telemedicine needs of children.
Thanks,
Andy Spooner, MD, FAAP <[log in to unmask]>
UAB General Pediatrics,1616 6th Avenue South #201
Birmingham, AL 35233, (205) 934-4531; Fax (205) 975-6503
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Rural Healthcare in Vietnam
American Academy of Pediatrics, Cal., USA
Supplied note: "Humanitarian assistance project to rural healthcare in
Vietnam, focused especially on children. Project Vietnam organizes annual medical
missions to bring reconstructive surgery to children with orofacial
deformities, and eye surgery to children with correctable eye diseases. It
also provides training to healthcare staff, and develops sustainable projects
to improve health outcomes (neonatal mortality, acute respiratory illnesses,
malnutrition, cervical cancer detection etc.)." Please note the WHO as a
small but operational Telehealth program in Vietnam.
URL http://www.vietnam21.com/projectvietnam
Link suggested by: Quynh Kieu ([log in to unmask])
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Health Information Waystations
With input from WHO, World Bank, and leading health NGOs, development
has begun on a 5 year project to upgrade 1,000 existing health information
resource centers throughout the developing world into digitally-enabled
Information Waystations (IWs).
Project would supply computer, CD-ROM drive, databases, modem, global
satellite telephone & Internet link, and includes training, maintenance,
technical support and development of individual sustainabilility
for each IW. Contact Chris Zielinski
mailto:[log in to unmask]
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TELEHEALTH CONFERENCES & CONVENTIONS
INTERNATIONAL:
Nov 29-Dec 1: TeleMed 99 & G-7 Global Healthcare Forum. London, UK.
Mar 22-24: 2000
World Conference on Telemedicine. Toulouse, FRANCE. lareng.l@chu-
Oct 2-4: 2000
Int’l Society for Telemedicine (ISFT) and Canadian Society for
Telehealth. Montreal, CANADA.
www.isft.org; or www.ucalgary.ca/md/CST/index.html
Oct 15-20: 2000
World Congress of High-Tech Medicine. Hanover, GERMANY.
www.high-tech-med.com
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NATIONAL:
Myron Pulier's Telemental Health Conference List:
http://telehealth.net/calendar/events/Telemed.html
Training Highlights:
2000
January 14-16: Academy of Organizational & Occupational Psychiatry
(AOOP) "Psychiatry at Work 2000: The Challenges of the 21st Century" San
Diego, California atthe Westgate Hotel <[log in to unmask]>
January 24-28, 2000: Partnerships for health in the New Millennium
Join Secretary Shalala and Surgeon General Satcher
Omni-Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC
Fax back system at (301) 468-3028 Telephone (800) 367-4725
Online registration: http://www.health.gov/partnerships/exhibits/
Jan 27-30: Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR2000). Newport Beach,
CA. http://www.amainc.com
March 12-14: 4th Annual Distributed Medical Intelligence Conf.
Location TBA http://www.telemedtech.com
Apr 9-13: Healthcare Info Mgt Systems Society (HIMSS). Dallas, TX.
http://www.himss.org
May 21-24: American Telemedicine Assoc. (ATA) Annual Mtg. Phoenix, AZ.
http://www.atmeda.org
Sept 23-27: Nat'l Assoc. of Home Care (NAHC) Annual Mtg. San Diego,
CA. http://www.nahc.org
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NLM Meeting Canceled
Telemedicine and Telecommunications: Options for the
New Century, an NLM-sponsored meeting which was to be
held in Bethesda, MD, January 13-14, 2000, has been canceled. It will
likely be rescheduled for 2001.
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DISTANCE EDUCATION (or eLearning):
The First University of South Florida International Workshop on Digital
and Computational Video (DCV) presents and explores the trends in
digital and computational video including but not limited to the
applications, technology and mathematical aspects of this 21st century
area. This one-day workshop on December 10, 1999 aims to bring together
researchers and users to share their experiences, vision and methodologies.
The Call for Papers (http://ee.eng.usf.edu/DCV99/call.html) provides
further information about the concept and registration information.
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INTERNET RESOURCES
MedNet Media
Website for assistance in development and promotion of healthcare and
biomedical Websites.
URL: http://www.mednetmedia.com
A new search engine from Health On The Net Foundation. HON's new search
integrator for strictly medical and health queries. HONselect combines five
information types - MeSH® terms, authoritative scientific articles,
healthcare news, Web sites and multimedia - into one service to focus and
accelerate your search. Try http://www.hon.ch/HONselect/
Highlights of the New Beta Version of PubMed
A new beta version of PubMed at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/
became available on September 21, 1999. This version of PubMed will be
running in parallel with the current operational version of PubMed at
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed and there is link from the operational
PubMed home page to the new beta version. The beta version will
eventually become the operational version of PubMed and you are strongly
encouraged to familiarize yourself with the look and feel of the new search
engine.
Telemedicine in the United Kingdom. Try their web site at
http://www.telemedicineuk.org.uk
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Virtual Private Network Related Websites
http://www.byte.com/art/9707/sec6/art3.htm
A Virtual Private Affair
http://www.pcweek.com/archive/1337/pcwk0029.htm
Outsourcing VPNs
http://www.data.com/roundups/vpn_servers.html
Secure VPNs: Lock the Data, Unlock the Savings
http://www.signal9.com/
Signal 9 Solutions
http://www.baynetworks.com/Products/Papers/2746.html
Understanding and Implementing Virtual Private Networking (VPN) Services
http://www.masnet.net/internet/issues/vpn.html
VPN technology overview
http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/98issues/980501/980501_vpn.html
VPNs: Very Profitable Networks
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VIDEOCONFERENCING RESOURCES
VCNET
Global VideoConference Network - centralized hub for information about
videoconferencing and related subjects: glossary of terms, articles,
links to journals, telemedicine, distance learning, products, and projects
URL: http://www.gvcnet.com
PACS/Telemedicine Resource Page
Resource for finding information on teleradiology and PACS
(PictureArchiving and Communication
Systems)
URL: http://www.dejarnette.com/efinegan/pacspage.htm
The Image Computing Systems Laboratory of the U. of Washington
Set of links related to medical imaging and networking
URL: : http://icsl.ee.washington.edu/~cabralje/tmresources.html
Sumitted by Dr Dave Sturgill
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