Author/Editor		Rugelj, Jože; Švigelj, Viktor
Title		Computer supported multimedia environment for the support of long-distance collaboration in medicine
Type		članek
Source		In: Plummer D, editor. Proceedings of the 10th IEEE symposium on computer-based medical systems; 1997 Jun 11-13; Maribor. Los Alamitos: IEEE computer society,
Publication year		1997
Volume		str. 215-20
Language		eng
Abstract		Medicine is heavily dependent on computer supported systems that have become integral to the diagnosis and treatment of the diseasel. At the same time, the need for all kinds of collaboration grows. New technologies promise the ability for teams and individuals to conduct collaborative work using teleinformatics resources through electronic interaction in virtual distributed laboratory spaces called also collaboratory. A collaboratory is designed to enable close ties between the collaborating partners, to accelerate the develoment and dissemination of basic knowledge, and to minimize the time-lag between diagnosis and corresponding treatment. The paper presents the architecture of our collaboratory and some basic teleinformatics tools for the support of collaboration which were in the preparatory phase of the project.
Descriptors		DIAGNOSIS, LABORATORY COMMUNITY NETWORKS