Morning! This is really

neat - thanks to Cisco and Second Life, a hospital that will open in 2011 is already a fully functioning Medical Campus in Second Life. To wit:

Palomar Pomerado Health is currently constructing a revolutionary medical facility in San Diego that will open in 2011. However, thanks in part to its partnership with Cisco, the Palomar West Medical Campus is already a fully functional medical facility…in the virtual world of Second Life.

The $810 million, publicly financed hospital recently became the first U.S. hospital to have its public unveiling in Second Life. Palomar West was designed to take advantage of the latest technologies and to be extremely eco-friendly….MORE….

Neat! It’s not the first healthcare place to unveil in Second Life, mind you - I found on the Mind Blizzard Blog:

Early april 2007 I wrote a short blogpost on the Cleveland Heart Clinic in Second Life which was probably the first hospital to enter Second Life. The question I ended that particular blogpost with was: “I wonder though, are they about to perform virtual surgery? I’m hoping they can explain what SL can add to hospital care.”

…In the past year we’ve seen several smaller ‘medical experiments’ in Second Life, but late February saw two major projects enter Second Life; the IBM Healthcare island and Palomar West, both opening in the wake of the HIMMS’08 healthcare conference…..

….In short, The Second Life island is a representation of a new Healthcare campus to be opened in 2011. It actually is a very good build. For n00bs there’s a short introduction to navigating Second Life near the entrance of the hospital…..

….I received my Hospital tag which guided me through the hospital, making sure I went to the right rooms to have my gall bladder repaired. Throughout the tour a lot of information was pushed through excellent movies, but they essentially are a promo talk on the Cisco solutions for Unified Communications, telepresence monitoring, rfID, etcetera. I can see this part of the simulator become real in the near future….MORE….

Fascinatng information, I encourage you to visit the above links and learn more.

ThankYouVeryMuch!

Owlbert

ps - speaking about hospitals:

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Hospital Bed Side Rails

WA SEATTLE 5 Postcards Swedish Hospital,Aerials,Freeway

c1930 RPPC Hospital OLD FORT LARAMIE WYOMING

POSTCARD OF CAMAGUEY. CUBA CIVIL HOSPITAL

I Remember Nothing More: The Warsaw Children’s Hospital

Near East Relief, Caucasus, Armenia, Hospital document

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