The development and application of a provincial telemedicine center

Telemedicine has been an effective method for distant consultations in developing countries. The Shandong Provincial Telemedicine Center (SPTC) has been built by the government to promote the level of medical care in the big province and it runs well among those telemedicine centers in China. This paper introduced the general situation of telemedicine networks in China and give a view of the three largest telemedicine centers. With the ATM networks the SPTC has successfully launched the tele-consultations, tele-education and tele-conference in latest years. This paper give a depiction about the development history of the SPTC networks and its management condition. Finally, the paper gives some advice on the management of teleconsultation and tele-education.