Webcasting pathology department conferences in a geographically distributed medical center.
Hum Pathol
; 35(7): 790-7, 2004 Jul.
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| ID: mdl-15257541
ABSTRACT
As academic pathology departments have become increasingly based in large, regional medical systems spread across hundreds of square miles, new methods are needed to tie these increasingly distributed departments together as integrated units. An important part of that integration is the ability to share academic and teaching conferences across long distances. In this article we present an effective, low-cost webcasting system that has evolved at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Department of Pathology over the past several years based on inexpensive, widely available software. To date, the system has broadcast and archived more than 400 conferences and currently serves approximately 80 to 100 requests each week. Important factors in the success of the program include the creation of a faculty steering committee to control resources and manage growth, the availability of informatics faculty and support for technical staff, and the decision to operate the service as part of the core information technology infrastructure of the department. Webcasting will likely become an even more important academic and operational tool in the future as more of the department's conferences, seminars, and even working meetings are communicated through the webcasting infrastructure.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Telepatología
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Centros Médicos Académicos
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Hum Pathol
Asunto de la revista:
PATOLOGIA
Año:
2004
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos