| Abstract | The Department of Defense-funded, Project
A/D Med, has among its missions, the development of a
telemedicine and medical informatics network in support of
telemedical consultation, and the management and transfer of
medical data among the Walter Reed Army Medical Center
and selected North Atlantic Regional Medical Command
medical treatment facilities. One of the goals of the project
is to establish a cost-effective telemedicine system,
composed of commercial, off-the-shelf products and
designed for physicians’ to utilize on their desk-tops. The
second goal of the project, spurred by recent reports citing
the need for systematic, empirical study of the efficiency
and effectiveness of telemedicine technology , 1,2 is to
incorporate systematic planning for evaluation from the
onset. This is one of the first controlled clinical trials
testing the utility of this technology and the first to test this
technology for surgical consultations involving acute-care
neonates. |