Telemedicine in Alaska: The ATS-6 satellite biomedical demonstration
Abstract
The final report of the evaluation of the ATS-6 biomedical demonstration in Alaska, one of several health education telecommunications demonstrations on that satellite is summarized. The demonstration project explored the potential of satellite video consultation to improve the quality of rural health care in Alaska. A centralized, computer based problem oriented medical record system was introduced. One chapter covers telemedicine, others cover performance and use of the demonstrations system, attitudes of users, effects on medical outcomes, and implications for future use.
- Publication:
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Stanford Univ. Report
- Pub Date:
- February 1976
- Bibcode:
- 1976stan.reptR....F
- Keywords:
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- Alaska;
- Ats 6;
- Het Experiment;
- Medical Services;
- Spacecraft Communication;
- Biomedical Data;
- Information Systems;
- Video Communication;
- Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command and Tracking