Briggs J S, Early G H
Healthcare Computing Group, University of Portsmouth, Milton Campus, Southsea, UK. ¿Jim.Briggs, Gordon.Early¿@port.ac.uk
Med Inform Internet Med. 1999 Jul-Sep;24(3):149-64. doi: 10.1080/146392399298357.
This paper reviews some recent developments in the technology of the Internet, and shows how they may affect the way in which healthcare is provided. Starting with a brief technical history of the Internet, the paper discusses some of the technical developments that have taken place or been proposed in recent years, and speculates on the realities of their adoption within the next five years. The paper also discusses trends in public accessibility to the Internet and the development of Internet services. Finally, the impact of the technological developments on the way in which new healthcare services may be provided is discussed. Our conclusions are that the growth rate in Internet access and the improvements in performance resulting from the new technologies will make the Internet the focus of many new healthcare developments, in particular in the areas of telemedicine and in communication between patient and healthcare professionals. Increasingly, the Internet will be used to convey more 'real-time' information.
本文回顾了互联网技术的一些最新发展，并展示了它们可能如何影响医疗保健的提供方式。本文从互联网的简要技术历史入手，讨论了近年来已经发生或被提出的一些技术发展，并推测了它们在未来五年内被采用的实际情况。本文还讨论了互联网公共接入的趋势以及互联网服务的发展。最后，讨论了技术发展对新医疗保健服务提供方式的影响。我们的结论是，互联网接入的增长率以及新技术带来的性能提升将使互联网成为许多新医疗保健发展的焦点，特别是在远程医疗以及患者与医疗保健专业人员之间的通信领域。互联网将越来越多地用于传递更多“实时”信息。
