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2	What is TELESYNERGY®? A multi-modality medical imaging workstation An advanced telemedicine system An electronic imaging environment A secure system HIPAA Compliant
3	Information Technology Tools Single most significant factor Main enabler and accelerator Remove time and location constraints Enhances coordination of cancer research, clinical care and education Fastest source of innovation and opportunity
4	Benefits of Telemedicine Pools national and international expertise Improves direct collaboration Accelerates research findings and clinical impact Greater flexibility – more appropriate to the complexities in cancer research and the limited resources available for today’s cancer challenges Significant efficiencies of scale in human expertise and capital resources
5	TELESYNERGY® Accelerator for cohesiveness Highly flexible PC-based platform Minimizes logistics of multi-site collaboration Produces high-quality, validated and comparable research/clinical data Allows cross-fertilization of new ideas Teaching, education, clinical techniques, research Creates a significant and synergistic cancer research “knowledge network” among the members
6	TELESYNERGY ® Technologies Videoconferencing – Video and Audio Data Exchange DICOM Image Transfer – Store and forward Data Transfer, any type Image Analysis CT, MRI, etc Image Manipulation Pathology
7	Some Practical Applications Screen patients locally for clinical trial eligibility Real-time, simultaneous audio and diagnostic-quality video imaging among members Biopsy specimen manipulations by multiple scientists at different locations Live or recorded transmission of interactive case presentations, seminars, rounds and lectures, and distance education of all kinds
8	Usage of System Q3-FY 2002
9	TELESYNERGY® v3 Suite
10	TELESYNERGY® Components
11	The TELESYNERGY® Network
12	Multisite Cascading
13	TELESYNERGY® Costs Capital Investment US $115,000 (approximate) Savings are returned to the grant Renovations (if necessary) Not funded by the grant Operation Requirements NCI trained operator Installation, maintenance, and operation – about 32 hours Minimal Maintenance Basically a “plug-and-play” system ISDN Connectivity Costs
14	TELESYNERGY® Systems 15 CDRP Sites – Installed by 10/2004 2 Partnerships in Science Sites 2 All-Ireland NCI Cancer Consortium Sites 1 King Hussein Cancer Center 6 NIH Sites – ROB, CIT, CC, Mobile 26 Total
15	TELESYNERGY® Sites in the U.S.
16	TELESYNERGY® Sites Worldwide
17	TELESYNERGY® When referencing TELESYNERGY®… Written as all capital letters Must include ® symbol TELESYNERGY® is a registered trademark of the NCI Hint: In Word, type (R) to get ® symbol
18	So what happens now? Order the components for the TELESYNERGY workstation Order, and have the ISDN line installed Once all equipment has arrived, and the ISDN circuit is up NCI will travel onsite to install and train You’re off and videoconferencing!