The Internet2 Health Sciences Initiative supports and facilitates the use of advanced networking applications in clinical practice, medical and related biological research, education, and health awareness. Read the Health Sciences Initiative Scope Statement.
Please contact Mike McGill, Internet2 Program Director for Internet2's Health Sciences Initiative, for more information.
Get Involved!
There are a number of Birds of a Feather (BOF) and Special Interest Groups (SIGs) through which members participate in Internet2 activities. The following groups are sponsored by the Health Sciences Initiative.
BOFs
SIGs
- Cardiovascular
- Health Science Education
- Advances of Relevance to Clinical Activities
- Health Science Research & Research Infrastructure
Working Groups
Members
Internet2 Member University Medical Schools & Academic Medical Centers
For more information:
Mike McGill
Director of the
Health Sciences Initiative
(614) 844-4200
mmcgill@internet2.edu
The FCC has announced the award recipients for its FCC Rural Healthcare pilot program, an enhanced funding initiative intended to help public and non-profit health care providers construct state- and region-wide broadband networks to provide telehealth and telemedicine services throughout the nation. The program will fund up to 85% of the costs of constructing those networks, as well as the costs of advanced telecommunications and information services that will ride over these networks. If selected, up to 85% of the cost of connecting to Internet2, a dedicated nationwide backbone, may also be funded by the pilot program. Connection to Internet2 is not required, but may be requested by the applicants.
As the FCC Rural Healthcare pilot program moves now from the proposal phase into implementation, Internet2 intends to continue a facilitating role in coordinating with the FCC and convening this expanded community of health-care providers to with work the with existing Internet2 members under the Internet2 Health Network Initiative.
Upcoming Events
- Future of Telehealth:
Essential Tools and Technologies for Clinical Research and Care,
NIH/NCRR meeting in Bethesda MD -- June 25-26
In Our Community
A number of other member organizations are involved in high-performance networking applications in the health sciences.
Learn about applications...Health Science Library
- Internet2 Health Science Info Sheet [pdf]
- Internet2 Bioscience Info Sheet [pdf]
- BIRN: Abilene Network Enables Virtual Communities in Biomedicine [pdf]
- Prescription for Digitized Health Records
- Anatomical and Surgery Simulation over the Internet [video] Michael Ackerman, NLM
- Adding Touch to Web-based Surgical Training [ video] Stanford University, CSIRO
- Advanced Network Infrastructure for Distributed Learning and Collaborative Research [pdf]
