Massachusetts General Hospital's Telemedicine Program

Date: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 4:24 PM

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I have information about which hospital was planning to use Bangalore's
remote healthcare services. Without a doubt the Massachusetts General
Hospital and Harvard University are involved in both the research and
implementation of this technology. Many other hospitals are plugging into
this system so it's tough to pin down the exact hospital. The telemedicine
and outsourcing trend is becoming widespread throughout the US.

Excerpts are provided below show that MGH is involved. By reading these you
will find all the usual arguments that you are familiar with such as
shortages of radiologists, cost savings by using cheap labor etc.

The hospital admits that 650 IT jobs will be eliminated but they are very
vague about how the telemedicine system they have will cause that to happen.
They state the obvious by saying these IT pros won't be replaced if they
leave first. (Duh!)

What are these IT pros being replaced by? A person on this mailing list said
that he worked there and was replaced by an H-1B. The LCA Database has 349
LCAs listed by MGH and 991 for Harvard.

Notice that Harris Miller's ITAA rears it's ugly head once again. They of
course are partnered with a company that is a partner with MGH.

http://www.massgeneralimaging.org/Teleradiology_Site/NewFiles/Welcome.html
At MGH, our mission is to provide highly specialized consultations to
patients and physicians across the U.S. and around the world and to redefine
the practice of medicine through Teleradiology.

http://www.itaa.org/asp/ASPHeadline.cfm?ReleaseID=984518365
ITAA Member Lumedx Intranet Solution Under Beta Testing at Massachusetts
General Hospital. Intranet Technology Links Heart Physicians at one of
Nation’s top hospitals

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=9101731
"There is an explosion in emergency coverage during nights, and there is a
20 per cent shortage in radiology workforce in the US. Night call
radiologists are expensive there.

http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/cgi-bin/webcast01/display_news.cgi?85
Offshore teleradiology could help solve U.S. staffing needs
Links with offshore teleradiology could be a way to meet staffing needs in a
tight radiologist market, according to a pair of presentations at the RSNA
meeting Tuesday.

A study from Yale University found that a teleradiology connection with
Bangalore, India, could satisfy the need for prompt emergency reads in off
hours. And a researcher from Massachusetts General Hospital explained how a
teleradiology connection with London allowed one of the school's
neuroradiologists to continue her work while on a sabbatical in the U.K.

http://www.americantelemed.org/memberonly/update200030.htm
The services will be rendered by specialists from The WorldCare Consortium
comprised of The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Duke University Health System,
Johns Hopkins Medicine and Partners HealthCare System, Inc., which includes
Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital. Under the
agreement, WorldCare will digitize, encrypt and transmit an insured's
medical record including text and imaging to one or more WorldCare
Consortium Hospitals for review. A comprehensive, written consultation will
be faxed and or emailed to the referring physician within four working days
after the receipt of a complete medical record.

http://www.mgh.harvard.edu/about.html
Harvard's link with MGH.

http://www.siliconindia.com/shownewsdata.asp?newsno=16072&newscat=Technology

India to provide clinical services to the U.S.

"There are two challenges that hospitals face in the U.S. One is of
productivity and the other is of clinical process. The hospital, in
fact, has 650 IT professionals in the hospital and they may not be
replaced if they leave. We will be filling up the gap for the hospital
from here.

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