First-Ever Live Telemedicine Link Over Internet Between U.S. and China to be Held in Conjunction With Clinton Visit to China.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 25, 1998-- Sun Technology and Engineering Enable Treatment of Critically Ill Patients in China During President Clinton's visit to China today, Chinese and American doctors using technology provided by Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , Inc., will perform a first-of-its-kind live consultation over the Internet to treat critically ill patients in the central Chinese city of Xi'an. Senior U.S. officials including Secretary of State Madeleine Albright Madeleine Korbel Albright (born May 15 1937) was the first woman to become United States Secretary of State. She was nominated by President Bill Clinton on December 5 1996 and was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate 99-0. She was sworn in on January 23 1997. , Secretary of Commerce William Daley, Assistant and Deputy Secretaries of State along with six members of Congress are expected to join Vice Governor of ShaanXi Province Mr. Jia Zhi Bang and Mayor of Xi'an Mr. Feng Xu Feng Xu (Traditional Chinese: 封諝; Simplified Chinese: 封谞, Pinyin Zhu and participate in the telemedicine event. Using Sun technology and engineering, doctors at Xi'an Medical University will consult with UCSF-Stanford Health Care pediatricians at Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital A children's hospital is a hospital which offers its services exclusively to children. The number of children's hospitals proliferated in the 20th century, as pediatric medical and surgical specialties separated from internal medicine and adult surgical specialties. on the diagnoses and treatment of critically ill Chinese patients. The session, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. today (Friday, June 26 at 9:30 a.m. in Xi'an), marks the first live telemedicine link between the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and China over the Internet. The project was made possible through support from Sun Microsystems, Inc., AT&T Foundation, Bridge to Asia and its sponsors, and from several Chinese medical and technical institutions, including the Institute of Medical Information and Peking Union Medical College Peking Union Medical College, Tsinghua University (北京协和医学院，清华大学医学部) [1] is among the most selective medical colleges in the People's Republic of China and is renowned . The doctors are using Sun(TM) computers and public domain Internet conferencing tools from the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley (body, education) University of California at Berkeley - (UCB) See also Berzerkley, BSD. http://berkeley.edu/. Note to British and Commonwealth readers: that's /berk'lee/, not /bark'lee/ as in British Received Pronunciation. to allow for audio and video exchange as well as whiteboard applications, and the ability to interactively transmit and manipulate medical images. A team of engineers established a link to connect the physicians in Xi'an to a regional center of CERNET CERNET China Education and Research Network , the China Education and Research Network, which provides a path to the global Internet for users throughout China. Dr. Robert Yung, Sun's chief technology officer for Asia, is leading the technical teams that are establishing the link and providing technical support in Palo Alto and Xi'an for the telemedical session. "The team's main objective is to demonstrate how healthcare professionals can take advantage of the power of the Internet and the network today," said Yung. "This technology is affordable, practical, and available in China and other countries around the world," said Yung. "That is why it is so important to the medical community and the population in China. Telemedicine has the potential to bring both domestic and international medical expertise to patients, and at the same time, to reduce the time for critical diagnosis for patients in the rural areas." "It also can deliver medical knowledge from China to the United States, including rare cases not seen in America," added Dr. Jeffrey Smith, President, Bridge To Asia. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Yung, Sun plans to make the workstations available to Xi'an Medical University and other facilities through Bridge to Asia so that the schools can continue to confer with Verb 1. confer with - get or ask advice from; "Consult your local broker"; "They had to consult before arriving at a decision" consult ask, enquire, inquire - inquire about; "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times" physicians around the globe on these cases and others. The team also hopes to set up a virtual emergency room, proposed by the Institute of Medical Information and Bridge to Asia, so that cases can be sent from rural areas to Xi'an Medical University, where they would be transmitted via the World Wide Web for co-consultation or diagnosis between the medical professionals. "Making the best decisions and achieving the best outcomes for patients can only happen if the right information, the medical expertise, and the patients are brought together," said Bruce Elder, healthcare industry manager, Sun Microsystems. "Technology solutions, such as this one being implemented between the Xi'an and UCSF-Stanford professionals, will be key to the future of healthcare delivery worldwide." China's first use of the global Internet for medical diagnosis came in February 1995, when the Institute of Medical Information (IMI IMI International Masonry Institute (Washington, DC) IMI Israel Military Industries IMI Institute of the Motor Industry IMI International Market Insight IMI Imposto Municipal Sobre Imóveis (Portugal) ), a central information resource for the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, sought help in diagnosing the case of a peasant girl. The IMI used the Internet to send an SOS SOS, code letters of the international distress signal. The signal is expressed in International Morse code as … — — — … (three dots, three dashes, three dots). describing the girl's illness to Bridge to Asia, which forwarded it to medical experts around the world. The case received widespread attention after the IMI received more than 200 replies and helped save the girl's life. Sun In China Sun began investing in China in 1987 and has become a leader in Internet and intranet technology that has been used to build many nation-wide networks, including ChinaNet, China Wide Web (CWW CWW Compressed Work Week CWW City West Water (Australia) CWW Church Without Walls (various religious organizations) CWW Columbus Water Works (Columbus, Georgia, USA) ) and CERNET, which links more than a thousand educational and research institutions with overseas universities. Sun has donated and set up ten Authorized Academic Java Campus programs throughout China. Sun has also established five Authorized Java(TM) Center(SM) service locations in China -- two in Beijing, two in Shang'hai and one in Tianjing. The centers are part of a global network operated by Sun and its allies to help businesses transform Java vision into business reality. They offer technology experts, Java(TM) technology consultants and industry specialists with extensive hands-on experience. In addition, Sun's Java Development Center in China offers Sun and IT professionals facilities to develop innovative Java computing solutions and Chinese-language systems. Sun in Healthcare Sun is a leading computer vendor in the global healthcare market, and a leading provider of open environment computing solutions for medical imaging. Sun's commitment to enterprise-wide network computing based on open UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). standards, its expertise in network management and interconnectivity and its lineup of best-of-breed technology partners make it ideally suited to answer the needs of the healthcare community. Sun's high-performance workstations deliver ultra high resolution of medical images, to healthcare and medical imaging professionals. About Sun Microsystems, Inc. Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision, "The Network Is The Computer(TM)," has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. 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