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 …

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

Telecommunications from telephone and radio to two-way audio, video, facsimile (fax), and
digital imaging via satellite transmission have been used in responses to disasters. Current …

This editorial discusses the use of telemedicine in the event of a disaster. One of the earliest
applications of telemedicine in disaster response was NASA's Spacebridge to Armenia …

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

Electronic information and telecommunications technologies are routinely delivering clinical
services at a distance. Telephones, pagers, and fax machines are longstanding examples of …

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 …

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

Telemedicine has become an integral component of national and locally coordinated
medical and public health responses to emergencies and disasters in most developed …

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