ISN_Informatics_details

ISN Commission on Nephrology Informatics has existed since May 1997 and is a partnership

most of the funding and very valuable expertise from the computer industry the Advisory

Board of NKF cyberNephrology) while the ISN provides the remaining funding, high level

physician expertise represented by Commission members, and access to international

New” at http://www.cybernephrology.org

separate and distinct is the http://www.cyber-medicine.org

site devoted to intellectual cross fertilization among medical disciplines –

“Enhancing Health Uses of the Internet Across All Areas of Medicine”. Writings

of interest include “cyberMedicine – Mainstream Medicine by 2020/Crossing

Boundaries” by Kim Solez, M.D. and Sheila Moriber Katz, M.D., M.B.A. In press,

Atlas of Diseases of the Kidney: http://www.kidneyatlas.org

This site includes all 66 chapters from the five volumes covering all areas of nephrology,

complete with color graphics and PowerPoint files from each chapter so that one can easily

create slide sets tailor made for specific educational purposes. At the moment there is

not a comparable resource to this in any area of medicine and the access statistics have

been very impressive for a resource geared to physicians rather than the general public:

increasing NKF participation, is the “Renal-Tech Project: Computers and

Internet Connections for Renal Units in Developing Countries”. A WWW site

computers to families of pediatric patients with renal disease within the US and Canada.

The recipients are selected in cooperation with the Council of Nephrology Social Workers

“on the fly” using a digital camera and on-site laptop computer to put pictures

of meetings on the Internet within moments after they are taken. This capability, which

allows true virtual meeting attendance, was first demonstrated at the

Sept. 7-10, 1997 Joint Congress of the African Association of Nephrology, the South

African Renal Society and the Renal Care Society of South Africa in Durban, South Africa,

2.NEPHBSCI* – nephrology basic science discussion

3.NEPHCNPT* – discussions of individual clinical nephrology cases

4.NEPHDEVEL* – discussion of humanitarian projects and ISN Sister Centres Program

5.NEPHINDIG* – discussion of renal disease in indigenous peoples

6.NEPHJNL* – nephrology/transplantation journal club

7.NEPHMIN – a stripped down version of NEPHROL-DIGEST with all repetition and North

American specific content removed, designed for subscribers in developing countries

8.NEPHNPPT* – discussions of individual renal biopsy cases

9.NEPHRONOL* – Spanish – English discussion of nephrology subjects

10.NEPJHIST* – history of renal medicine, ISN Video Legacy Project interview transcripts

11.IFKF-L* – discussion relating to the International Federation of Kidney Foundations

12.MDDIALYSIS – for US dialysis unit directors

13.RENALPRO – e-mail list for nephrology professionals – nurses, technicians, dieticians,

social workers, administrators, physicians, engineers, etc.

14.RENALRD – a listserv primarily for those in renal nutrition.

15.KidneyDisease – for adult patients with renal disease

16. NephKids – for parents of children with renal disease

17. ANNET – African nephronet

in any other area of medicine with two of our discussion groups, ARABNEPHROL and

KIDNEYDISEASE. ARABNEPHROL has grown very quickly and now has discussions that equal the

best of those on NEPHROL. KIDNEYDISEASE now has nine physician moderators and

co-moderators answering patients’ questions. No patient resource of this nature exists in

discussions from NEPHROL are reproduced on the CenterSpan WWW site and also appear on the

worldwide will be possible through the input of the NKF cyberNephrology Advisory Board

in exploring new technologies. In this respect our decision to demonstrate Apple’s AirPort

wireless 802.11b Internet connectivity between the ISN and NKF booths at the 2000 ASN

meeting in Toronto was a prophetic choice as this type of connection is emerging as the