1. M. Oberholzer, K.Brauchli, K.D.Kunze University Hospital Basel, Switzerland Globalization in medicine... an utopia or more ?

2. Telemedicine Team Dr.phil.II Kurt Brauchli Informatic technology Monika Hubler Administration Prof.Dr.med. Klaus-Dieter Kunze Diagnostic service

3. The «history at the beginning» Concept The «history of the Solomon Islands» Main applications of iPath The «history today»

4. Basel Samedan 280 km 1991

5. Distribution of knowledge from centers in the periphery Avoiding the transport of patients from the periphery to a center 1991

6. DISTRIBUTION

7. Bangladesh 14.6.2008

9. 2008

10. Logins per day80 (every 18 minutes) Activities New cases per day11 Groups251 Active users3‘274

11. The «history at the beginning» Concept The «history of the Solomon Islands» Main applications of iPath The «history today»

14. «Structured conversation».about objects (images).over distances Telemedicine =

15. The «history at the beginning» Concept The «history of the Solomon Islands» Main applications of iPath The «history today»

18. Time for a pathological-anatomical diagnosis: 5 - 6 weeks Solomon Islands before iPath...

20. ... 48 hours after the biopsy was token

21. The «history at the beginning» Concept The «history of the Solomon Islands» Main applications of iPath The «history today»

22. Rural countries

23. Dermatology

26. Cardiology

28. Orthopedics

30. Gynecology

33. Industrialized countries

34. Tumor boards

35. COLLECTION

36. Frozen section diagnosis

37. The «history at the beginning» Concept The «history of the Solomon Islands» Main applications of iPath The «history today»

38. Teleteaching

41. 21th Octobre 2007

43. Sponsors Assoziation South Pacific, Switzerland Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation, Switzerland Jürg Ammann Foundation, Switzerland Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Swiss Army Department of Pathology, Basel, Switzerland

44. Thank you