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Telemedicine
- Broadband Access Ramps: The Inevitable Next Horizon
Wright, Terry
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- Considers the drivers underlying the emergence of the publicly accessible broadband network. Begins by stepping back in history to look at similar change agents that produced paradigm shifts. Argues that the cable industry has the opportunity to be an influential catalyst in shaping the nature and timing for this evolution to broadband-accessed cyberspace, as it remolds its installed competitive advantage into the fundamental on-line services access transport.
- Competitive Advantage on Cable's Digital Tier
Gardner, James N. , Esq.
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- On the eve of cable television's rollout of digital services, this article outlines what the author sees as the likely characteristics of competitive advantage on cable's digital tier. He begins with a discussion of some of the challenges facing the broadband communications industry as it seeks to make an historic transition to a new digital era, then sketches out six basic rules which may shape the terms of economic combat in this challenging new environment.
- Implementing an ATM-Based Teleradiology Network
Kapoor, Sanjay
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- The author explains his company's decision to deploy high-speed, broadband network technologies in their efforts to establish a patient-centered network connecting health care facilities over a three-state area.
- Telecommunications' Big Idea
Niles, John S.
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- John Niles argues that the primary purpose of telecommunications for society is simply where best to go depends on what you know. In other words, telecommunications facilitates a better level and mix of proximity to the people and places we care about. He discusses the individual, organizational, and social forces that shape the choice between proximity and remote interaction, including the real costs of time and travel, internal reorganization, balkanization, interest articulation and interest aggregation.
- Telehealth at the Crossroads
Gardner, James N. , Esq.
Barron, James H.
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- The authors summarize and analyze a report done by the Council on Competitiveness, Highway to Health: Transforming U.S. Health Care in the Information Age. This comprehensive report identifies the major roadblocks impeding the rollout of a national health information infrastructure and assesses the potential benefits that would result from their removal. The authors outline the specific barriers identified by the Council and analyze the proposed reforms.
- Telemedicine in the 1990s: Issues and Opportunities
Thomas, Bennett
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- Bennett Thomas looks at telemedicine in the 1990s, and its potential for delivering quality, cost-effective medical care. He notes that while high costs and inadequate infrastructure continue to be problems, cultural and human factors also present big obstacles to acceptance. This article includes five case studies from around the world: Newfoundland, the United States, Germany, Russia, and Third World Nations. He concludes that the keys to success are adequate funding and widespread project support from those involved.
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