Objective The US military medical units face the challenge of delivering the latest medical
knowledge and advances to remote areas of the world. This study details the tertiary care …

Background and Objective Since 1993, the Department of Defense has augmented the
medical support for Army units on peacekeeping operations in Macedonia through the …

The US army's first portable telemedicine unit was built in 1993 and comprised a
'ruggedized'videoconferencing unit. The unit was initially used in the United Nations' …

Recent advances in information systems technology improved the abilities of US Army
physicians in Somalia and Croatia to obtain clinical consults from US Army Medical Centers …

This retrospective study analyzed telemedicine consultations from deployed military medical
units in Somalia, Haiti, Croatia, and Macedonia to determine the clinical utility of …

This was a retrospective evaluation of the first 30 months of a new telemedicine network in
TRICARE Region Nine. In 1997, the region initiated a telemedicine network with a hub …

This paper presents and discusses the US Army telemedicine support systems currently
available to our deployed forces in Southwest Asia. Organization and structure of the …

A pilot teleradiology project was established for the medical service providers at the
Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA) in Hawaii. It connected them with radiologists at Tripler Army …

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

This study evaluated telemedicine use in remote military treatment facilities (MTFs) ashore
over a 4-month period to help guide telemedicine applications for shipboard medical …