In order to better envision the practicability of an international arbitration system for
teleradiology malpractice, the following model provides an illustrative example.
Many view telepathology as one of the next revolutionary steps in diagnostics workflow, and believe that eventually and inevitably, telepathology will do the same for diagnostics as
teleradiology (which electronically transmits radiographic patient images and consultative text from one location to another) did for radiology.
Teleradiology and picture archiving and communications systems are helping R.T.s and patients alike.
teleradiology, has been a successful, though limited, practice
Cedara recently acquired eMed Technologies Corporation, widely known as a provider of innovative PACS and
teleradiology solutions that have been installed in over 2,000 hospitals and imaging centers.
An alternative that I believe is going to catch on is for hospitals to use
teleradiology 100% of the time.
It is important for students to be equipped with a definitions list that can function as a "dictionary." The proposed list should include the items of the Telehealth and Telemedicine Manifesto proposed by Pinciroli [3] and should be expanded to incorporate specific terms that are currently widely used and refer to telemedicine in a specific clinical area (e.g.,
teleradiology, teleoncology, telehomecare) as well as the mode of care delivery (e.g., virtual visit, remote monitoring, teleconsultation).
More recently, the ability to network these systems, particularly over secure Internet connections, has created a new class of
teleradiology systems that can serve geographically dispersed clinicians and radiologists and act either in synchronous or asynchronous modes (Welz, Ligier, and Ratib 1995).
Teleradiology and telepathology already lend themselves to multimedia E-mail.
Lake Hospital, a 10-bed acute care facility and outpatient clinic in Yellowstone National Park, uses Photophone
teleradiology systems to send video pictures of injuries sustained by park visitors to specialists at other locations.