NDLI: Lessons learned from the DEPRAD deployment

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Levine, B.A. Cleary, K. Mun, S.K.
Copyright Year	1998
Description	Author affiliation: ISIS Center, Georgetown Univ., Washington, DC, USA (Levine, B.A.)
Abstract	In April 1996, a deployable teleradiology system was installed in Bosnia-Herzegovina to support the 20,000 US troops recently deployed to the area. The purpose of the system was to provide radiology support to an area that had radiology imaging capability but limited access to a radiologist. The development of the system deployed in Bosnia-Herzegovina was a systems integration feat that included equipment from 11 different vendors and the use of the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) 3.0 standard for connectivity to integrate much of the equipment. While the development, integration and implementation were completed in 3 months, the project was not straightforward. The project was completed and implemented on time and has been supported remotely for the past two and one-half years, While the project has been seen as a huge success by many standards, there are still aspects of the implementation that would be done differently if the project were to be repeated today. These areas include hardware decisions, implementation issues, operational considerations, and continued maintenance and support items. This paper discusses briefly the details of the Deployable Radiology (DEPRAD) network, the clinical operations, and support mechanisms in place to keep the system operational two and one-half years after implementation. It then discusses the areas of the implementation that require consideration before undertaking such a project again as well as the lessons learned from such an experience.
Starting Page	423
Ending Page	426
File Size	105346
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0818686677
DOI	10.1109/PACMED.1998.769986
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1998-08-17
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Hospitals Satellite broadcasting Intersymbol interference Image generation Radiology Microwave communication Hardware DICOM Local area networks Biomedical imaging
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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