Book Description

Although the bulk of the information contained in Videodiscs in healthcare: a guide to the industry is about videodisc applications in the health sciences, this book is really about the use of all forms of optical storage media: videodisc, compact disc, compact disc-read only memory (CD-ROM), compact disc-interactive (CD-I), compact disc-video (CVD) digital video interactive (DVI), digital optical disc, and the laser card. Because the videodisc has been around the longest it has been used in more applications than the other forms of optical disc. Also, education and training applications use the videodisc almost exclusively. The other forms of optical disc are used primarily for image and record storage and retrieval. CD-ROM is being used to store an increasing number of medical data bases. Digital optical disc is making its way into the medical records field. No one really knows yet what changes CD-I and DVI will bring about in the industry.