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Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, 22 , 109
Bowman Gray, 44
Brigham and Women's Hospital, 44
Business plan/project management plan, 3 , 6 , 148-149 , 155 , 202-203
C
Cable television
definition, 240
rates, 85
telemedicine applications, 38-39
California, confidentiality of medical records, 92
Cameras, digital, 50 , 56
Center for Devices and Radiological Health, 113-114
Center for Health Policy Research, 122-124 , 126 , 132
Center for Health Services Research, 122
Cleveland State University, 129-130
Clinical applications of telemedicine.
See also specific applications
categories, 29-30
central/consulting site, 30 , 58-59
definition, 28
diffusion of, 194
and evaluation, 116-117 , 141
examples, 29 , 31
remote site, 30 , 58-59
Clinical decision support systems, 58
Clinical information systems, 58 , 241
Clinical practice guidelines, 22 , 98
Clinical Telemedicine Cooperative Group, 124 , 133 , 135-136
Clinicians. See Patient and clinician perspectives
Cochrane Collaboration, 22
CODEC, 50 , 241
Colorado
confidentiality of medical records, 92
prison telemedicine program, 46
teleradiology standards, 100
Columbia University Health Sciences Division (New York), 237
Community effects of telemedicine, 9 , 163
Comparison (control) group, 6 , 150-151 , 198 , 203
Compressed video, 42 , 241
Computed axial tomography, 42 , 56
Computer Aided Diagnosis (CADx) Working Group, 115
Computer conferencing, 241
Computer systems
architecture, 239
compatibility issues, 68-69 , 72-73 , 77 , 195
millennium problem, 73
multimedia, 78
peripheral equipment, 50 , 246
regulation as medical devices, 114-115
standards, 98 , 122-123
workstations, 35 , 49 , 50 , 63 , 77 , 78 , 115 , 250
Conferencing. See Computer conferencing;
Teleconferencing
Confidentiality, 83 , 92 , 95 , 101 , 102 , 196.
See also Privacy
Continuous quality improvement, 154-155 , 166
Costs and cost-effectiveness of care.
See also Economic analyses;
Payment for services
data transmission technology and, 66
definition, 8
emergency services network, 53
prison telemedicine, 46-47
technology, 68 , 78 , 182 , 186
teleconsultations, 52 , 53
transportation issues, 180
Costs of technologies, 2 , 39-40
Credentialing, 95-96
Croatia, 131
D
Data
bits, 66 , 240