October 7, 2003 Health Sciences Overview Mary Kratz Health Sciences Program Manager

10/07/03 2 The scope of the Internet2 Health Sciences Task Force includes clinical practice, medical and related biological research, education, and medical awareness in the public.

10/07/03 3 Roadmap Networking Health: Rx for the Internet –National Research Council Report –February 2000 National Academy Press –ISBN

10/07/03 4 Internet2 Member Universities 86 Medical Schools at Internet2 members 130 Health Science related colleges Leadership by Advisory Group Hawaii

10/07/03 5 Health Science Activities  Medical Middleware Working Group Dr. Jack Buchanan, UTMEM Steve Olshansky facilitator  Orthopaedic Surgery Working Group Dr. Chad Smith, USC Ed Johansen, JD, facilitator  BioEthics Working Group (in formation) John Yost, PhD, Bradley University  Security SIG Jere Retzer, OHSU  Veterinary Medical SIG Gary Allen, DVM, Umissouri  Cardiovascular SIG Dr. David Sahn, OHSU

10/07/03 6 Member Requests for Future Health Science Working Groups Simulation and Imaging Telemedicine and Robotics International Education Biomedical Engineering Pharmaceutical Industry Nanotechnology Radiology Pathology Ophthalmology Dentistry Nursing Preventative Medicine

10/07/03 7 Organism(person) Organ Tissue Cell Protein Atom & organ systems (1m)(10 -3 m) (10 -6 m) (10 -9 m)( m) ( m) Systems models Continuum models (PDEs) ODEs Stochastic models Pathway models Gene networks Modeling, Simulation, Visualization, Software Frameworks, Databases, Networking, Grids Courtesy: Peter Hunter, University of Auckland Grand Challenge: Information Infrastructure

10/07/03 8 Wisdom Knowledge Information Data

9 03/19/03 1 Health Science and Information Technology Overlap  More new information will be created in the next year than throughout our entire history  Instantaneous global collaboration is the next killer application  Medical science will not be possible without advanced computing solutions  R&D will rely increasingly on academic/industry partnerships

10/07/03 10 Why Internet2  The student who will enter medical school in 5-10 years can absorb multiple channels of information lecture Second screen Dynamic charts messaging Communal note taking

10/07/ /19/03 1 The Internet of the Future and the Future of Medicine High bandwidth human interaction Low latency virtual reality Reliable access to computational resources Secure retrieval of medical images and data Image courtesy of: Dr. Christopher Johnson, Director of the SCI Institute

10/07/ Inter-disciplinary Partnerships Catalyse New Uses Image courtesy of: Dr. Christopher Johnson, Director of the SCI Institute Direct visualizations Data collection/integration Data mining Device intercommunication Haptic immersion Augmented dexterity Advanced sensors Wireless data collection Economic models for reimbursement realities

10/07/03 13 Sessions at this meeting:  Deployment of a High-Speed Metropolitan Network to Share Medical Information  Advanced Applications in Drug Discovery and Multimedia Medical Education  Secure Videoconferences for the Health Sciences  Medical Simulators and Internet2: Combining Technology to Improve Medical Education  International Health Education  Next-Generation Health Care Applications  Bridging Cultural and Technical Boundaries Through High- Performance E-Learning  Distributed Interactive Virtual Environments

10/07/03 14 Special Events of Interest: The Medium and the Message: Tomorrow's Technology and Today's Health Education Needs Health Science Task Force – 7:30–8:45am Wednesday

10/07/  National Library of Medicine Scalable Information Infrastructure (SII) Awards

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