Mobile Communication Platform
Abstract
Hospitals and health clinics located in rural areas often lack the expertise needed to perform various consults and medical examinations. This situation could be improved through the use of telemedicine and communications technologies. However, quite often, these hospitals and clinics lack the financial and technological resources required to construct a permanent telemedicine suite within their facilities. Therefore, CERMUSA proposed the development of the Mobile Communications Platform (MCP) prototype. The main objective of the project is to improve the delivery of healthcare in under-served areas through the creation of a relocatable telecommunications infrastructure that provides remotely located organizations with the ability to communicate and share information with distant sites. The prototype will utilize existing communications infrastructure to provide services or create its own link to the outside world through satellite technology. Once temporarily installed in the site, the MCP will be used for several purposes including telemedicine consults, information exchange, distributed learning, and emergency communications.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA427439
Entities
People
- Anthony J. Laratonda
- James F. Bates
- Kent P. Tonkin