What is the HSVO?

With an increasing number of environments that training is required to be run in, such as rural communities and tertiary care, and the increasing number of software simulation systems available to aiding training, such as simulation bodies HSVO was developed to:

• Enable sharing of simulation equipment across a high speed network to enable learners to benefit from equipment not at their site
• To combine simulation equipment together to create advanced learning, such as combining a hypovolymic model with a simulation body to give better simulations
• To enable training to be given when the trainer is in a different location to the learner, an example being a dissection occuring in McGill University, a trainer in Sudbury and learners logging in a number of other locations all seeing the same or different resources depending on the activity design.

The platform is aimed at

• Medical institutions to enable them to access simulation software. This would include:
  • Trainers to enable them to access more information and to link to more learners
  • Medical Students and Residents to increase their access to learning resources
• Edge devices suppliers to enable their systems to be accessed by more learners

The goal of the Health Services Virtual Organization (HSVO) project is to create a sustainable research platform for experimental development of shared ICT-based health services that address these challenges.

About

The HSVO Platform is initially set up with the following services:

• Stereoscopic visualization: Remote Stereo Viewer + Bassett Collection
• 3D visualization: VOLSEg + Visible Human
• Camera arrays for live and cadaveric imaging
• OpenLayrinth Virtual Patient (system where patient scenarios can be run online)
• Laerdal SimMan high-fidelity patient mannequin
• Hypovolemic shock physiological model
• Web search: CMA and Google

The HSVO Platform enables multiple simulation equipment and services to be integrated and . For example combining a hypovolymic model with openLabyrinth to give a more authentic simulation experience.

The aim of the HSVO Project is to provide the following benefits:

• Sharing resources between locations to maximise the use of technology
• Students having access to information and training that they may not have accessible within their own sites. By:
• Access to technology that they do not have direct access to.
• Access to tutors who have specialist skills that are not available in student locations.
• An interactive experience to aid the learning process.
• The ability to add additional edge devices in future to provide a greater range of training opportunities.

Resources

Technical specifications

Development documentation

Downloads and media

Publications

Presentations

cyberinfrastructure

network

lghtpaths

IaaS

SaaS

Participants

Lakehead University in Thunder Bay is the lead organization for the HSVO Project
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine is the first new medical school in Canada for more than 30 years. The northern, rural and remote focus and the distributed nature of the School align perfectly with the School. The PI Dr Ellaway is Assistant Dean Informatics at NOSM.
There are two participant teams from McGill University: > Electrical engineering > Simulation centre
iDeal Consulting, Ottawa, ON		iDeal logo
National Research Centre (NRC) - Institute for Information Technology, Fredericton, NB
Communications Research Centre, Ottawa, ON
Innovations in Learning, Palo Alto, CA
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

Associate Participants

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Contact

Opportunities

The HSVO platform is designed to be expanded out to other services and providers. We are interested in hearing from:

• Service providers who are interested in integrating a service to the platform

• End users, such as medical schools, that may be interested in helping to test the platform

• End users that may be interested in using the platform once developed

• Infrastructure providers

If you register an interest in the project we store your contact information and contact you with updates on the status of the project. If you would like to be included in the testing or additional edge devices please include the following registration information

• Name
• Organisation
• Reason for interest:  Eg.  Medical School Training,  Infrastructure Provider, Edge Device Manufacturer.
• Interest in Project:  Eg.  Testing product, additional edge device.
• Any other information

When you are registered HSVO will contact you periodically to inform you of updates in the project status and opportunities to get involved its testing and development.

Contact: Alison Peek Alison.Peek@normed.ca
NOSM, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6