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A tool for telemedicine support in emergency areasInternational manager Claus Duedal Pedersen

Danish Centre for Health Telematicscdp@cfst.dk

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Agenda

• History

• The WHO idea

• The collaboration server

• Test case

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The development of the collaboration server

• Started in the PICNIC project where the basic idea was developed

• First technical server was developed in the ciTTis project

• Installed as a running service in the Danish Health Data Network as part of the MedCom project

• Next version and introduction of a Structured Reporting Tool is developed in the Baltic eHealth project

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Basic idea

• This project is a part of the WHO on-going work to find new ways of increasing the efficiency of the response to large emergency situations.

• The idea is to create a telemedicine response set-up that can be launched in disaster areas and that afterwards can be transferred to the local authorities and be part of the reconstruction of the local healthcare service.

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Telemedicine as a part of emergency response

• The collaboration server can be used for three purposes: – as a tool for online access to specialist resources for

emergency workers in the disaster area 24/7/365 – as part of a emergency telemedicine tool-kit

– as a communication tool for the local health care organisations after the immediate help – as a telemedicine tool for the reconstruction phase.

– as a communication tool for e.g. second opinion services or online specialist assistance after the reconstruction.

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Development

• The development of the response set-up is on-going in a number of projects.

• The Danish Centre for Health Telematics assists WHO in the development by providing a small part of the technical solution and assists with practical issues in a pilot project.

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The collabortion server

• A ”MSM” for on- and offline non-structured communication between health care professionals

• Based on open source components• A simple user interface that can easily be

translated into any language • Can run on very low band-width e.g.

over satellites

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Collabortion server

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The first test case

• In co-operation with WHO in Sri Lanka the collaboration server will in July 2006 be made available as a communication platform for hospitals and healthcare staff in a part of Sri Lanka

• The collaboration server will be used as a test case of the general concept in the local healthcare system

• Next step will be to add second opinion service between hospitals or to specialists in Europe.

• The collaboration server project is a part of the reconstruction of the healthcare service after the Tsunami.

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First test case II

• The server will be hosted in Denmark for the pilot testing, but if successful the server can be transferred to either WHO or Sri Lanka

• If needed the collaboration server will be translated into the local language (It is now available in Swedish, Danish, Estonian and German).

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Perspectives

• In this project the general concept will be tested – new and better technical solutions might have to be developed

• The objective is to get a better understanding of how and when telemedicine solutions can be introduced to large disaster areas.

• And at the same time improve the world community’s ability to deal with natural disasters by making a better foundation for the reconstruction.

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Thank you for your attention

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www.Baltic-eHealth.org

Claus Duedal Pedersen

cdp@cfst.dk