NCVHS National Health Information Infrastructure (NHII) Workgroup:

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NCVHS National Health Information Infrastructure
(NHII) Workgroup Hearings on Health and the
National Information Infrastructure and the NHII
Personal Health Dimension   

• Douglas Van Houweling, PhD
• President and CEO, Internet2
• 27 January 2003

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Why Internet2?

• 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
• Internet2 is focused on the Internets potential
  for our future

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Mission and Goals
About Internet2

• Develop and deploy advanced network applications
  and technologies for research and higher
  education, accelerating the creation of
  tomorrows internet.
• Supporting advanced service efforts such as
• Multicast
• IPv6
• Measurement
• Security

Commercialization
Privatization
Todays Internet
Internet2
Research and Development
Partnerships
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Non-Profit Membership Organization
Consortium of more then 200 universities
(academia) 60 corporations (industry) 40
non-profits and govt affiliates
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Internet2 Member Universities

• 130 Internet2 member universities have medical
  colleges (AAMC members)
• Strong leadership teams
• Health care focus
• Life science focus

OHSU
UMich
UIC
NLM
Stanford UCSD
Bradley
UMs
UTenn
UAB
TAMU
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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 (DoD/DARPA)
• Department of Energy

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Federal/Internet2 Relationship
IT RD
Internet2
Federal agency-led
University-led
Developing education and research driven
applications
Agency mission-driven and general purpose
applications
Building out campus networks, gigaPoPs and
inter-gigapop infrastructure
Funding research testbeds and agency research
networks
Interconnecting and interoperating to provide
advanced networking capabilities needed to
support advanced research and education
applications
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What does Internet2 mean to NHII?

• High bandwidth, low latency applications
• Augmented Virtual Reality
• Enable human interaction through telepresence
• Secure access to information and computational
  resources

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NHII Grand Challenge
Modeling, Simulation, Visualization, Software
Frameworks, Databases, Networking, Grids
Courtesy Peter Hunter, University of Auckland
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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

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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.
• RD will become more reliant on academic
  industry partnerships than ever before.

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Health Science Activities

• Medical Middleware Working Group
• MeduPerson
• 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

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Security and Privacy Guidelines
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Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN)
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Virtual Tumor Board
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Research and Education Multidisciplinary!
EE
Pharmacy
Psychology
Physics
Mathematics
Mech Eng
Chemistry
English
Chem Eng
Medicine
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Conclusions Partnerships serve as a catalyst

• Direct Visualizations
• Data Collection and Integration
• Data Mining (BioGRID)
• Device intercommunication remote instrumentation
• Haptic Immersion Surgical Simulation
• Advanced sensor developmentNanotechnologies
• 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

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More Information

• On the Web
• health/internet2.edu
• www.internet2.edu/health
• Email
• Douglas Van Houweling
• DVH_at_internet2.edu
• info_at_internet2.edu
• Mary Kratz, Internet2 Health Sciences Program
  Manager Mkratz_at_internet2.edu

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