NCVHS National Health Information

Infrastructure (NHII) Workgroup: Hearings on Health and the National Information Infrastructure and the

NHII Personal Health Dimension 

  

Douglas Van Houweling, PhDPresident and CEO, Internet227 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 Internet’s potential for our future

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Mission and Goals• Develop and deploy advanced

network applications and technologies for research and higher education, accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s internet.

• Supporting advanced service efforts such as:• Multicast• IPv6• Measurement• Security

About: Internet2

Research and Development

Commercialization

Partnerships

Privatization

Today’s Internet

Internet2

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Non-Profit Membership Organization

Consortium of more then: 200 universities (academia)60 corporations (industry)40 non-profits and gov’t 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

Hawaii

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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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University-led Federal agency-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

Federal/Internet2 Relationship

Internet2 IT R&D

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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

 

 

 

Organism(person) Organ Tissue Cell Protein Atom& organ systems (1m) (10-3m) (10-6m) (10-9m) (1012m)

       

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

January 27, 2003 Slide 10

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”.

•R&D 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!

BiomedicalComputing

Medicine

Physics Mathematics

Chemistry

PsychologyPharmacy

English

Bioengineering Computer Science

Bio/Medical Informatics

Mech Eng

EE

Chem Eng

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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 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 Slide 18

More Information

• On the Web• health/internet2.edu• www.internet2.edu/health

• Email• Douglas Van Houweling

DVH@internet2.edu• info@internet2.edu• Mary Kratz, Internet2 Health Sciences

Program Manager Mkratz@internet2.edu

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www.internet2.edu