NEC Networks & System Integration, Asahikawa Medical College Jointly Undertake Verification Experiment of Newly-developed Telemedicine System.Tokyo, Japan, Dec 14, 2005 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) ) - NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. Networks & System Integration has begun a verification experiment with a telemedicine system in Asahikawa, Hokkaido. The new system, which was co-developed with Asahikawa Medical College, connects homes and hospitals over the broadband communication network provided by NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform Communications, and offers interactive telemedicine services, namely, a health management service for the elderly and home-care patients and a videophone (1) (VideoPhone) A line of videophones (definition #1 below) from AT&T that were introduced in the early 1990s and later pulled off the market due to poor sales. The first models came with a price tag above $1,000, and a pair were needed. See Picturephone. service that allows patients to directly talk to doctors and nurses. The experiment continues through March 2006. Based on the results of the experiment, the company will commercialize the system by introducing it to local governments and medical institutions nationwide beginning in April 2006. The company aims to generate sales of 4 billion yen ($33 mil) from the new system by fiscal 2010. Copyright [c] 2005 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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