Telemedicine Technology: Will It Enhance Combat Casualty Care on the 21st Century Battlefield?

Abstract

To meet the challenges of the future with less resources, the Army Medical Department (AMEDD) is pursuing a re-engineering initiatives which takes advantage of newly emerging informational technologies. The AMEDD expects to leverage these technologies in the form of telemedicine to improve combat casualty care on the 21st century battlefield. This paper briefly reviews the changes occurring in the AMEDD, explores whether its telemedicine concepts and initiatives will enhance future combat casualty care and examines the potential implications of introducing new technologies to the combat heath support system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 15, 1997
Accession Number
ADA326784

Entities

People

  • Donald J. Kasperik

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Battlefields
  • Casualties
  • Combat Casualty Care
  • Engineering
  • Telemedicine
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Economics
  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Trauma or Military Medicine