Abstract The Department of Defense has recently devoted significant resources to
telemedicine projects. This effort has arisen due to dramatic, parallel developments in …

In a few years, we are going to laugh at today's use of the futuristic term'telemedicine,'''says
Jay Sanders, MD, of the American Telemedicine Association." Because that will be the way …

Despite the growing use of telemedicine technology in civilian and military health care,
relatively little work has been performed in the area of evaluation. To address this deficiency …

This paper describes current telemedical projects sponsored by the Department of Defense
(DoD) and provides points of contact for further communication. The scope and scale of …

TELEMEDICINE can be broadly defined as the use of telecommunications technologies to
provide medical information and services. Although this definition includes medical uses of …

Telemedicine has drawn increasing attention as one of the emerging new service delivery
vehicles that will run on the information superhighway. In reality, remote diagnosis and …

Telemedicine is the application of modern telecommunications to the practice of medicine.
Telemedicine is particularly appealing to rural and under served areas. Applications of …

Telemedicine involves the transfer of medical data for use in diagnosis, treatment and
education. The interaction may involve two-way live audio and video visits between patients …

Communications technology has enjoyed enormous growth in recent years and should be
fully exploited by the medical community. Its application as part of disaster response was …

Telemedicine started in the 1950s with several hospital systems shared images along with
information by telephone. It slowly developed in time, from sending radiographic images into …