Update on Tristan da Cunha
Paul Grundy, MD, MPH, IBM Well-Being Director for IBM Global Well Being Services and Health Benefits (And covering doctor on Tristan da Cunha, 1985)
More good news on the telemedicine connection with Tristan da Cunha (for background see my previous post)! We have established partners, who are going to help us in the various stages of this project. UPMC is going to develop the connection via the Internet with Tristan da Cunha. MedWeb, which already links to Djibouti and some other very remote locations, is also assisting IBM in developing the tools, technology, and equipment necessary for the connection.
When this connection is established Dr. Joerg Jaschinski of Tristan will be able to send digital X-ray, EKG, and the like over the Internet and get real time specialist consultation. Besides establishing the link, we plan to set up two servers for the system in case one crashes so that images can be transmitted and UPMC contacted at any time.
Northstar Global, an international banking firm, is joining the project as well by donating the money, with help from their partners, necessary to give the island the necessary technology.
IBM and Dr. Jaschinski thank all the partners involved in this project. Dr. Jaschinshi wants to “…thank all the people involved warmly from the Tristan community…”
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