Specialists at Oklahoma State University established a satellite video feed to provide medical consultations to fellow physicians 7,000 miles away in Iraq, the Tulsa World reports.
Oklahoma physicians have weekly teleconferences to brainstorm with Iraqi doctors in Kadhamiyah Hospital — the second largest hospital in the country with 655 beds — to hear medical cases, provide expertise and help plan interventions for Iraqi patients.
OSU uses the telemedicine system to conduct real-time audio and visual consultations with doctors in rural areas.
Anil Kaul — associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the OSU medical school — developed the idea for the consultations with physicians in Iraq (Archer, Tulsa World, 7/26).
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KFSM reported that in addition to the video link, the physicians in Iraq are able to share medical records, X-rays and charts through a high-speed Internet connection (Ketz, KFSM, 7/22).
