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 | ALICE supports e-health applications in Latin America.Dante 12.23.2004 In each issue of The Works of DANTE, we look at a different network application, which demonstrates the potential impact of research networking. This issue focuses on a project utilising RedCLARA, the pan-Latin American network created as part of the ALICE project. The Telemed project, currently operating in Brazil and Colombia, brings e-health services to rural locations, allowing medical specialists to remotely diagnose conditions and prescribe treatments to patients. If there are any doubts regarding a diagnosis, referral can be made from the rural clinic to a metropolitan hospital, for further analysis. It can even be sent internationally to Europe, using the transatlantic link to the GÉANT network. The benefits of the Telemed project for patients are obvious –it saves lives. Yet there are other ways in which the project is helping. The local doctor is empowered and can treat patients with greater confidence, and the hospital specialist can reach a far greater number of patients without ever leaving their hospital. There are also advantages in the increased collaboration between specialists and local doctors, with the dissemination of the very latest clinical techniques and diagnostics. The project uses specialist equipment and software developed by Medcom at the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany, and the Brazilian national research network, RNP. A video of the ALICE project, with further details on Telemed, is available in the ALICE newsroom. To view it, visit www.dante.net/alice. A case study is also available to download. source: http://www.dante.net/server/show/conWebDoc.1147/viewPage/14 |