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Hi Janet! You have and continue to provide such interesting material for us to read...research...keep up the flow..you're amazing! ----- Original Message ----- From: janet paterson <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2000 5:35 AM Subject: NEWS: BBC: Doctors get X-rays on the web > Doctors get X-rays on the web > > Monday, 16 October, 2000, 11:26 GMT 12:26 UK - A leading British hospital > has introduced internet technology that could revolutionise the way > patients are diagnosed and treated. > > The system installed by Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital in London will enable > doctors to view X-rays and scans on the web. > > Ultimately, it should mean that in an emergency on-call consultants will be > able to view images using their laptops or personal computers. > > This will enable them to give an instant diagnosis without the need to > travel in to the hospital. It will also allow doctors to seek the opinions > of other experts around the world. > > The system can also be used to make images and medical reports available to > GPs and referring clinics. It should cut the time between initial > examination and diagnosis, reducing waiting times before treatment. > > And it is also intended to make the process more efficient and less > stressful for clinicians and patients. > > To ensure the system, which has been developed by Kodak, remains secure, > doctors will only be able to access it by giving a password. > > Dr Lesley MacDonald, the hospital's clinical director of radiology, told > the BBC: "Digital picture archiving is already common practice, but you > need to look at it on a work station which is expensive. > > "The idea of this web-enabled software is to send the images through > ordinary PCs and laptops. > > "We are really surprised at how keen some of the clinicians are to use this." > > Leonie Paskin, manager of Radiology Services at Guy's and St Thomas' > Hospital, said the simultaneous availability of images in multiple > locations would vastly improve efficiency and workflow. > > "Electronic retrieval of medical images will lead to a much more > streamlined system than is currently the case with conventional hard-copy > film." > > Related to this story: > BMA wants internet prescribing ban (21 Jul 00 | Health) > Prescriptions to go online (12 Sep 00 | Health) > Internet 'encourages false illness' (06 Aug 00 | Health) > Internet health hoaxers (05 May 00 | Health) > Internet 'solution' to global health crises (31 Jan 00 | Health) > > Internet links: > Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Hospital Trust > Kodak > > BBC News Online: Health > http://news.bbc.co.uk/low/english/health/newsid_974000/974661.stm > > janet paterson > 53 now /44 dx cd / 43 onset cd /41 dx pd / 37 onset pd > TEL: 613 256 8340 URL: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ > EMAIL: [log in to unmask] SMAIL: POBox 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada