A Regional Health and Welfare Networking in Yamaguchi

Abstract

 Progress of medical technology and information technology promotes telemedicine by networking between regional hospitals in distance areas. As the Yamaguchi Health & Welfare Networking (YH&Wnet) constructed by wide area virtual private network will be one of the important contents of information super highway developed in Yamaguchi prefecture, we have launched grouping and networking of hospitals and clinics in the spheres for health care services.

 This paper shows the structure and function of YH&Wnet and makes the problems clear to construct it as a wide area secure network.