Studieren an der Fachhochschule Salzburg

Studieren an der Fachhochschule Salzburg

eMail: aschempp.tksb2004@fh-sbg.ac.at

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Video-Conferencing

at Salzburger Landeskliniken

(SALK)

Albert Schempp

(eMail: aschempp.tksb2004@fh-sbg.ac.at)

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Overview

• Why Video-Conferencing ?

• Our Partners

• Technical Overview

• Problems

• Outlook

• Conclusion

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Why Video-Conferencing

• Diagnosis in some cases rather difficult

• Cardiac Infarction, Stroke

–> each half-hour counts ...

• Specialist in Salzburg !!!

• Alternative I: Helicopter ?

• Alternative II: Video-Conferencing

eMail: aschempp.tksb2004@fh-sbg.ac.at

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Our Partners

• Paracelsus Medizinische

Privatuniversität Salzburg (PMU)

via LAN

• KH Zell am See (= via 2 Mbit/s)

• KH Tamsweg (= via 2 Mbit/s)

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Technical Overview I

• Components:

- Picturetel / Polycom

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Technical Overview II

• Components:

- Multipoint Control Unit

- Gatekeeper

-> manages the connections

- Gateway

-> Connections LAN ISDN

- Desktops, Settops

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Problems

•Personal:

- Body Motion

-> avoid fast movements

- Pronunciation

-> speak slow and clear

• Technical:

- Resolution

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•PMU

Outlook

• Partner Hospitals

z. B.: Mayo-Clinic, USA

• Congresses

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Conclusion

• Expensive, ...

- Components

- KnowHow (= Manpower)

• ... but effective !!!

- Benefit patient

- Resource „specialist“

eMail: aschempp.tksb2004@fh-sbg.ac.at