Internet2 Health Sciences Mary Kratz Chair Internet2 Health Sciences Working Group Internet2 Spring 2001 Member Meeting March 7, 2001 See

Topics  Internet2 Health Science Initiative  Health Science Workgroup activities  2001 spring member session

Why Academic Health Centers?  Provide intellectual capital  Pipeline for future investigators  AHCs serve as critical interface to assure that research advances get to patients.  Modern research laboratories and expertise  Focus on research excellence

The Scope of the Internet2 Health Science Workgroup includes clinical practice, medical and related biological research, education, and medical awareness in the Public.

With an Emphasis On:  Medical applications on the Internet.  Development of application tools to take advantage of Internet2 advanced network services.  Leverage and influence Internet2 resources to apply solutions to the medical domain.  Inform the medical community of these activities.

Goals and Objectives  Focus on research partnerships for advanced applications  Enhance collaboration and information sharing  Development of demonstrations and tools  Cooperate on standards to maintain global interoperability

Internet2 Member Universities 185 Members As of February 2001  120 internet2 member universities have medical colleges  About 50 members active in health sciences  Strong leadership team  Working closely with AAMC/NIH/NLM Hawaii

Internet2/NGI Relationship  U.S. Next generation internet (NGI) Lead by National Institutes of Health Affiliate member of internet2  Internet2 Led by higher education Focused on research and education National Library of Medicine partnerships –Demonstrations –Workshops

Application Attributes  Interactive research collaboration and instruction  Real-time access to remote resources  Large-scale, multi-site computation and data mining  Shared virtual reality  Any combination of the above

Network of Collaborations  People to people Collaborations Engineering expertise Medical expertise  Information access Libraries and knowledge bases Data stores (ie. Clinical) Metadata definitions  Resources Abilene backbone Advanced research applications and tools Facilities –Virtual laboratories –Super computers –Knowledge Clearinghouse

Health Science Workgroups

Working Group VS Initiative  Internet2 Initiatives Have a wide scope Advanced Application Initiatives include: –Health Sciences –Arts and Humanities –Digital Video  Internet2 Working Group Focused on a specific activity or deliverable –Multicast Workgroup –Security Workgroup –IPv6 Workgroup

Health Science Working Groups  Medical Middleware  Medical Security  Medical Distance Education  Regional Testbeds (connectivity in medicine)  Future Health Science Working Groups Veterinary Quality of Service Structural Biology Nanotechnology Human Genome Clinical Trials

Medical Middleware Working Group  Medical Middleware Leads Rob Carter –Director Systems Administration Office of Information Technology Duke University Jack Buchanan, MSEE, MD –Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis –Staff Physician, Memphis VA Medical Center  MACEmed Middleware Architecture Committee for Education in Medicine Electronic health record collaboratory formation

Medical Security Working Group  Security Lead Jere Retzer –Chair of the Portland Research and Education Network (PREN) –Manager of Advanced Internet Programs Oregon Health Science University  Workshop Collaboration on HIPAA Guidelines  Plethora of future activities CERTmed “IRB”-like activity for security and privacy occurrences  Privacy goes hand in hand with Security

Medical Education  Medical / Distance Education Lead Terry Clark, MedSchool.com Up for options  OHSU and UPitt Internet2 Application  Visible Human Project creating content and tools  Numerous activities underway Working curriculum between Internet2 Medical campuses Demonstrations

Collaborations  Visible Human Project Collaboratory  Industry outreach and education AMIA 2000 RSNA 2000 AAMC GIR 2001 RSNA 2001  Leadership strategies with AAMC GIR  National testbeds  Standards coordination  International collaborations

Digital Video Testbeds  Digital Video - Lead by Jill Gemmill (UAB)  Access Grid - No lead –Utah –Boston University –UC –NWU –University of Illinois Chicago –Kansas –UIUC

Future Working Groups  Veterinary Lead Gary Allen  Quality of Service No leadership End to End Performance or Application Initiative  Biomedical Leadership Team in formation Nanotechnology Genomics Structural Biology

Integration Role for Internet2 Virtual Laboratories Biocomplexity Security Data Management Multidisciplinary NCRR reference

Spring 2001 Member Meeting

Working Group Meeting  Medical middleware lead by Jack Buchanan  E H R collaboratory Exploration lead by Larry Flournoy  Visible Human Project collaboratory lead by Donald P. Jenkins  Veterinary sciences lead by Gary Allen  Security and privacy lead by Jere Retzer Guidelines for academic medical centers on security and privacy Future activities in security  Workgroup business meeting lead by Mary Kratz Industry outreach sessions Upcoming sessions Action items Next meeting

Advanced Health Science Applications  Nanotechology Advancements Mauro Ferrari,PhD, Ohio State University  A Multifaceted View of the Human Genome David Wheeler, NIH NCBI  E-Healthcare Activities and International Collaborative Opportunities in Australia Prof. Peter Yellowlees, University of Queensland, Australia.  Medical Education and Internet2 William Hersh, M.D, Oregon Health Sciences University

Leadership Strategies: Investing in NGI  Discuss the value proposition of the medical domain for investing in NGI  Learn how to take advantage of NGI for academic and clinical applications.  Stimulate return on investment in high performance networking  Establish QoS to fulfil your business requirements  Sustain the investment in Internet2 Jere R etzer, O regon H ealth S cience U niversity Michael J. Ackerman, P h.D., NIH NLM Ted H anss, I nternet2 Director of Advanced Applications

Contemporary Topics in Security and Privacy  Guidelines for Academic Medical Centers on Security and Privacy Practical strategies for HIPAA security and privacy compliance –Moderator: Jere Retzer, OHSU –Bob Blakley, IBM –Bob Miller, Johns Hopkins University

HIPAA 's Impact on Medical Schools and Teaching Hospitals  How have the requirements of higher education been address in the HIPAA regulation?  How will advanced technologies be incorporated into HIPAA mandates? Moderator: Morgan Passiment, AAMC Bill Braithwaite, HHS J. Michael Fitzmaurice, AHRQ Ken Klingenstein, Director of Middleware Initiatives, Internet2 Bob Blakley, IBM

Middleware Architecture Committee for Education in Medicine (MACEmed)  Building sustainable infrastructure for medical schools and teaching hospitals.  Initially focused on building upon the activities of the internet2 middleware initiative.  Review of current activities and future direction of medical middleware. Rob Carter Jack Buchanan  MACEmed luncheon on Friday

Technology Demonstrations  Health Sciences Applications for High Performance Networking  Jointly sponsored by AAMC GIR Internet2  Invitation required for admittance Please wear your Internet2 name badge  ACCESS Facility at Ballston

Joint Sessions: AAMC GIR  Saturday, March 10, 2001  The Washington Monarch Hotel 2401 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C Phone: 202/  General session Are Leadership Skills the same Regardless of the Organizational Model?  GIR breakout session Internet2 and GIR Share Leadership Strategies for Investing in NGI

Goals for this session  Set the future Health Science initiative  Information sharing of advanced health science applications that use Internet2  Share strategies for investing in NGI  Focus session on Security and Privacy  Focus on HIPAA’s Impact on Internet2 members  Technology Demonstrations  Collaboration with AAMC GIR

Much More Information  Mary Kratz Internet2, Health Sciences 3025 Boardwalk, Ann Arbor, MI  