This event was sponsored by VSI UK and BT, and used VSI Omega videoconferencing systems. TEAM has organized other links using VSI videoconferencing equipment with Australia, Belgium and the USA on a variety of medical subjects. TEAM is a non-profit organization that seeks to promote the educational and diagnostic assistance for health professionals, patients and their families, with emphasis on those in areas of greatest need. Dr. Arol Buntzman, with the help of VSI, is practicing what he preaches. VSI's videoconferencing is easy to use, and with remote diagnostics is also very reliable.
Reliability is essential for distance education.
VSI is happy about the diversity of applications developing for videoconferencing today. As an example, North noted that VSI has recently received two orders from customers in China. But only recently have companies begun integrating existing information systems and multimedia communications technology into application-driven packages designed to meet the specialized needs of medical professionals. You can enhance that one step further by transferring information as well as just the audio and video. Patient records, high-resolution images, video clips and audio files form a multimedia consultation record which, Gregory said, will revolutionize the way professionals practice telemedicine.