[May 05, 2004] Medweb Mobilizes Telemedicine for Mock Tampa Disaster; Medweb Demonstrates Telemedicine Workflow Software and Mobile Telemedicine Infrastructure TAMPA, Fla. --(Business Wire)-- May 5, 2004 -- Medweb participated in MEDRED, a Medical Disaster Response Demonstration at the 2004 American Telemedicine Association (ATA) conference in Tampa, FL. The demonstration, held at the Tampa Convention Center, simulated response to a hypothetical disaster occurring at several locations in Tampa: an explosion onboard a freighter, an affected nearby passenger liner, and a plume cloud that shut down Tampa General Hospital and that drifted into a packed Raymond James Stadium. The goal of the exercise was to educate local health and medical responders of telemedicine's role in disaster response and homeland security. Medweb's telemedicine products and services can be used to respond to just such a disaster. Medweb's TICTAC (Telemedicine Infrastructure Clinic for Treating Ambulatory Casualties) is a rapidly-deployable field clinic designed for treating victims with relatively minor injuries, often the largest category of casualties during disasters. TICTAC includes satellite communications equipment, a Medweb All in One server with warm failover, a wireless VoIP phone system, a wireless LAN connecting multiple laptops, and video conferencing equipment. This self-contained unit fits in the back of a subcompact car. Medical records for mock victims were created in seconds by scanning a driver's license, insurance card, or show badge, and patients are issued a barcode-equipped ID bracelet. Barcode readers at each clinic station provide instant access to a patient's record for examination, physician consultation, treatment, and release. Clinic staff used a familiar Web interface and the Medweb plugin to enter and view patient data. Telemedicine Consultation Using Medweb's simple, Web-based user interface, remotely located physicians were able provide teleconsultations to patients. Teleconsultation technology allows physicians to assist with disaster response without having to travel to a potentially dangerous area, and frees local physicians to treat critical cases. Data for Disaster Management Visualization of the data collected by the Medweb All in One server provided critical, real-time information about the disaster and the response, which is vital for first responders, hospital administrators, and public health officials during disaster management. Public health authorities could use such information to decide how to allocate available medical resources and provide accurate instructions and information to the media. Cumulative patient data such as the number and nature of casualties treated and the incidence of particular diagnoses and treatments would assist local hospitals and physicians in identifying epidemiological trends and their appropriate treatments. About Medweb Medweb has been providing distributed telemedicine solutions since 1992 and holds the patent for Web-based medical image viewing. Its clinical information solutions are built upon public standards such as DICOM, HL7 and Internet technologies. Medweb's robust portfolio of reliable and secure products is designed to dramatically improve the delivery of high-quality healthcare, reduce provider costs, and increase profitability for medical care organizations. With a global installation base of over 600 servers and thousands of physicians, Medweb(R) has single-handedly created the largest Global Encrypted PACS and Teleradiology Network in the world today. For more information about Medweb and its products, visit www.medweb.com or call 415-541-9980. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]