Background: Disasters, whether natural or manmade, are unpredictable. While there may be
some forewarning as in natural disasters like a hurricane, response is often suboptimal …

Natural disasters cannot be predicted precisely as to where and when they will occur,
although significant technology available today provides some levels of awareness or an …

Disasters have many deleterious effects and are becoming more frequent. From a health-
care perspective, disasters may cause periods of stress for hospitals and health-care …

There are myriad telehealth applications for natural or anthropogenic disaster response.
Telehealth technologies and methods have been demonstrated in a variety of real and …

Telemedicine has developed around certain assumptions about connectivity and format.
From the pioneer work of Kenneth Bird in the 1970's medical events separated by distance …

Background: Telemedicine and advanced technologies that ensure telepresence have
become common practice and are an effective way of providing healthcare services …

Every year many disasters cause thousands of injuries, deaths, refugees. Earthquakes and
war often cause severe injuries (burns; amputations; Crush-Syndrome; gunshots; …

In recent years, advances in communications technology and market factors have led to a
substantial expansion of telemedicine practice. One potential use of telemedicine is in …

Disaster management utilizes diverse technologies to accomplish a complex set of tasks.
Despite a decade of experience, few published reports have reviewed application of …

The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) held the Global Forum on Telemedicine:
Connecting the World Through Partnerships in September 2007 with sponsorship by the …