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Networking Health

Prescriptions for the Internet

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Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); .
ISBN-10: 0-309-06843-6

Excerpt

This report addresses a broad spectrum of health applications in an attempt to demonstrate the diversity of needs and the degree of commonality in the technical capabilities they require. It is intended to guide a faster realization of the Internet’s potential for health, a potential that has eluded the health sector for too long. The report recognizes that the applications themselves—and the technical capabilities they demand— are moving targets with uncertain trajectories. While today’s demonstration programs hint at the kinds of capabilities that will be needed in the future, the evolutionary path of health applications of the Internet is unclear. Will, for instance, remote medical consultations become viable between any patient and any care provider connected to the Internet, or will this capability remain more localized in its reach and limited to patients and providers in the same health plan? The answer depends on technical, economic, social, and policy considerations that are difficult to predict, and different answers could drive the need for significantly different technical capabilities, as well as a different scale and scope of deployment. The report attempts to recognize these uncertainties and to derive conclusions that are reflective and cognizant of them.

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Support for this project was provided by the National Library of Medicine under Task Order No. 42, Sponsor Award No. N01-OD-4-2139.

Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsor.

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

Copyright © 2000, National Academy of Sciences.
Bookshelf ID: NBK44718PMID: 20669497DOI: 10.17226/9750

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