Telemedicine and medical informatics in the multimedia super corridor: the Malaysian vision. The practice of medicine, with its wide range of environmental conditions and complex dependencies, has long been used as a test bed for various advanced technologies. Telemedicine , as conceptualised within the Multimedia Super Corridor MSC context, is seen as the application of several relatively mature technologiesartificial intelligence AI , multimedia communication and information systems IS amongst othersso as to benefit a large cross-section of the Malaysian population.
We will discuss in general terms the Malaysian vision on the comprehensive MSC telemedicine solution, its functionality and associated operational conditions. In particular, this paper focuses on the conceptualisation of one key telemedical component i.
Initial tests have been performed, and the technical feasibility of the basic plan has been demonstrated. Design and development of a multimedia database for emergency telemedicine. Recent studies conclude that early and specialised pre-hospital patient management contributes to emergency cases survival. Recent developments in telecommunication and medical informatics by means of telemedicine can be extremely useful to accomplish such tasks in a cost-effective manner.
Along that direction, we have designed a portable device for emergency telemedicine. This device is able to telematically "bring" the expert doctor at the emergency site, have him perform an accurate diagnosis, and subsequently direct the Emergency Medical Technicians on how to treat the patient until he arrives to the hospital.
The need for storing and archiving all data being interchanged during the telemedicine sessions is very crucial for clinical, legal and administrative purposes. The database was equipped with a user-friendly graphical interface to enable use from computer naive users.
