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TITLE AND SUBTITLE:
Communications Satellites in the National and Global Health Care Information Infrastructure: Their Role, Impact, and Issues
AUTHOR(S):
Zuzek, John, E.; Bhasin, Kul, B.
REPORT DATE:
1996-05-01
FUNDING NUMBERS:
WU-233-5A-5B
PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES):
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Lewis Research Center Cleveland, Ohio 44135-3191
PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER:
E-10245
SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES):
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington, D.C. 20546-0001
REPORT TYPE AND DATES COVERED:
Technical Memorandum
SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY REPORT NUMBER:
NASA/TM-107218; AIAA-96-0993
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES:
Prepared for the 16th International Communications Satellite Systems Conference cosponsored by AIAA, CASI, AAAF, DGLR, and IEICE, Washington, DC, February 25-29, 1996. Responsible person, John E. Zuzek, organization code 5610, (216) 433-3469.
ABSTRACT:
Health care services delivered from a distance, known collectively as telemedicine, are being increasingly demonstrated on various transmission media. Telemedicine activities have included diagnosis by a doctor at a remote location, emergency and disaster medical assistance, medical education, and medical informatics. The ability of communications satellites to offer communication channels and bandwidth on demand, connectivity to mobile, remote and under served regions, and global access will afford them a critical role for telemedicine applications within the National and Global Information Infrastructure (NII/GII). The importance that communications satellites will have in telemedicine applications within the NII/GII, the differences in requirements for NII vs. GII, the major issues such as interoperability, confidentiality, quality, availability, and costs, and preliminary conclusions for future usability based on the review of several recent trails at national and global levels are presented.
SUBJECT TERMS:
Telemedicine; Satellite communications; Information infrastructure
NUMBER OF PAGES:
11
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