NCVHS National Health Information Infrastructure NHII Workgroup Hearings

NCVHS National Health Information Infrastructure (NHII) Workgroup: Hearings on Health and the National Information Infrastructure and the NHII Personal Health Dimension Douglas Van Houweling, Ph. D President and CEO, Internet 2 27 January 2003

Why Internet 2? • The Internet was not designed for: • Millions of users • Terabytes of data • Congestion • Multimedia • Real time interaction • Security • But, only the Internet can: • Accommodate explosive growth • Enable convergence of information work, mass media, and human collaboration • Internet 2 is focused on the Internet’s potential for our future 2 January 27, 2003

About: Internet 2 Mission and Goals • Develop and deploy advanced Commercialization network applications and technologies for research and higher education, accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s internet. • Supporting advanced service Internet 2 Research and efforts such as: Development • Multicast • IPv 6 • Measurement • Security 3 Privatization Today’s Internet Partnerships January 27, 2003

Non-Profit Membership Organization Consortium of more then: 200 universities (academia) 60 corporations (industry) 40 non-profits and gov’t affiliates 4 January 27, 2003

Internet 2 Member Universities • 130 Internet 2 member universities have medical colleges (AAMC members) • Strong leadership teams • Health care focus • Life science focus Hawaii 5 January 27, 2003

Government Affiliate Members • National Institutes of Health (NIH) • National Science Foundation (NSF) • National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration(NOAA) • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) • Food and Drug Administration (FDA) • Department of Commerce • National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) • Department of Defense (Do. D/DARPA) • Department of Energy 6 January 27, 2003

Federal/Internet 2 Relationship Internet 2 University-led Developing education and research driven applications Building out campus networks, giga. Po. Ps and inter-gigapop infrastructure IT R&D Federal agency-led Agency mission-driven and general purpose applications Funding research testbeds and agency research networks Interconnecting and interoperating to provide advanced networking capabilities needed to support advanced research and education applications 7 January 27, 2003

What does Internet 2 mean to NHII? • High bandwidth, low latency applications • Augmented Virtual Reality • Enable human interaction through ‘telepresence” • Secure access to information and computational resources 8 January 27, 2003

NHII Grand Challenge Organism(person) Organ & organ systems (1 m) (10 -3 m) (10 -6 m) (10 -9 m) (1012 m) Systems models Continuum models (PDEs) ODEs Stochastic models Pathway models Gene networks Modeling, Simulation, Visualization, Software Frameworks, Databases, Networking, Grids Courtesy: Peter Hunter, University of Auckland 9 January 27, 2003

Roadmap • Networking Health: Prescriptions for the Internet • National Research Council Report • Current and future Internet • Released 24 February 2000 • National Academy Press • ISBN 0 -309 -06843 -6 10 January 27, 2003

Health Science Consensus • More new information will be created over the next 2 years than throughout our entire history. • Medical science will not be possible without advanced computing solutions. • Instantaneous global communication is the worlds next “killer application”. • R&D will become more reliant on academic & industry partnerships than ever before. 11 January 27, 2003

Health Science Activities • Medical Middleware Working Group • Medu. Person • Security • HIPAA Guidelines • Authorization/Credentialing • Veterinary Medical Working Group • Virtual Grand Rounds • Collaborations • Visible Human Project Collaboratory • Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN) • International Society of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology (SICOT) • Clinical Trials Research Network • Virtual Tumor Board 12 January 27, 2003

Security and Privacy Guidelines 13 January 27, 2003

Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN) 14 January 27, 2003

Virtual Tumor Board 15 January 27, 2003

Research and Education – Multidisciplinary! Bioengineering EE Computer Science Pharmacy Psychology Biomedical Computing Physics Mech Eng Mathematics Chemistry Chem Eng Medicine English Bio/Medical Informatics 16 January 27, 2003

Conclusions: Partnerships serve as a catalyst • • • • 17 Direct Visualizations Data Collection and Integration Data Mining (Bio. GRID) Device intercommunication; remote instrumentation Haptic Immersion; Surgical Simulation Advanced sensor development; Nanotechnologies Augmented dexterity; telerobotic surgical navigation Advanced delivery mechanisms Wireless Data Collection Systems Ergonomic development Systems Engineering Standards Development Multidisciplinary Coordination Economic models for reimbursement realities January 27, 2003

More Information • On the Web • health/internet 2. edu • www. internet 2. edu/health • Email • Douglas Van Houweling DVH@internet 2. edu • info@internet 2. edu • Mary Kratz, Internet 2 Health Sciences Program Manager Mkratz@internet 2. edu 18 January 27, 2003

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