Anogianakis G, Maglavera S, Pomportsis A, Bountzioukas S, Beltrame F, Orsi G
1 BIOTRAST s.a., Thessaloniki, Greece.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 1997;43 Pt A:74-8.
MERMAID is an EU financed telemedicine project with global reach and 24-hour, multilingual capability. It aspires to provide a model for the provision of health care services based on the electronic transmission of medical information, via ISDN based videoconferencing. This model will not be limited to medical diagnostics but it will encompass all cases where the actual delivery of health care services involves a patient who is not located where the provider is. Its implementation requires the commissioning of an expensive telecommunications infrastructure and the exploration of a number of solutions. In fact, all categories of telemedical applications (audio and video conferencing, multimedia communications, flat file and image transfer with low, medium and high bandwidth data requirements) will be considered while the full range of network choices (Digital land lines, Cellular/Wireless, Satellite and Broadband) will be tested in terms of cost/performance tradeoffs that are inherent to them and the developmental stage each of these options occupies in their in its life cycle. Finally, out that MERMAID utilises advanced land based line transmission technologies to aid the remote patient by making available the specialist care that is best suited in the particular case.
MERMAID是一个由欧盟资助的远程医疗项目，具有全球影响力和24小时多语言服务能力。它旨在通过基于ISDN的视频会议，为基于医疗信息电子传输的医疗服务提供模式。这种模式不仅限于医疗诊断，还将涵盖所有实际提供医疗服务时患者与提供者不在同一地点的情况。其实施需要建设昂贵的电信基础设施，并探索多种解决方案。事实上，将考虑所有类别的远程医疗应用（音频和视频会议、多媒体通信、低、中、高带宽数据要求的平面文件和图像传输），同时将测试所有网络选择（数字陆地线路、蜂窝/无线、卫星和宽带）在成本/性能权衡方面的情况，以及这些选项在其生命周期中所处的发展阶段。最后，指出MERMAID利用先进的陆地线路传输技术，通过提供最适合特定病例的专科护理来帮助远程患者。
