The Virtual Hospital ^(TM) is the Apprentice's Assistant ^(TM)

Presented by the Electric Differential Multimedia Laboratory, Department of Radiology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa.

Supported by an award from the National Library of Medicine in conjunction with the National Laboratory for the Study of Rural Telemedicine.

• Welcome to the Virtual Hospital
  Look here to learn how to use the Virtual Hospital, find out what's new, and discover who we are. Information on the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics appears here.

• For Patients
  Look here for the Iowa Health Book and information about University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics services and staff.

• For Healthcare Providers
  Look here for multimedia textbooks, teaching files, clinical guidelines and assorted publications.

• Beyond the Virtual Hospital
  Look here for information about the University of Iowa, its Health Sciences Colleges, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, and links to other Internet health sciences resources.

• INFORMM (requires password & 3270 terminal emulation)
  For authorized University of Iowa students, faculty and affiliates only. Look here for access to Micromedex, a pharmaceutical database dealing with drugs and drug interaction. Providers who have referred patients to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics can also find information about those patients.

• HealthNet (requires password & VT100 terminal emulation)
  For authorized University of Iowa students, faculty and affiliates only. Search for articles and abstracts from medical journals; includes Medline, CINAHL, and Health, among others.

• Physiological Imaging
  Look here for tutorials and more information about VIDA, Volumetric Imaging Display and Analysis.