Abstract
The Telemedicine Program at the State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine, and the Erie County Medical Center (UB/ECMC) represents a "quiet success story" for telemedicine development. Though a relatively young program starting in 1992, it demonstrates steady and consistent progress in the areas of clinical services, education and research as it continues to develop as a comprehensive university telemedicine program. The Emergency Telemedicine program provided 2,294 consultations in 2001. Other services included clinics in Gastroenterology, Infectious Disease (HIV/AIDS), Psychiatry, Orthopedic Hand Surgery, Dermatology, and Neurology. The UB/ECMC program has sponsored regular education activities with a focus on internet protocol (IP) videoconferencing for grand rounds in emergency medicine and traffic injury research, nursing education, distance precepting of nurse practitioner students on clinical rotations, Megaconference I and II presentations, and the continuing exploration of advanced tools for educational presentation over the internet. The program's research activities have focused on portable, roll-about telemedicine systems and virtual palpation using a data glove.
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