U.S./Poland Cooperative Telemedicine Program

Abstract

In both public and private healthcare sectors, Poland is struggling to attain the high levels of care that the western world has already achieved. The rapid infusion of medical technology within the healthcare sector is critical to improving the quality of life of the general population. This need is even more acute in military medicine, as the Polish Armed Forces face new challenges that were incomprehensible a few decades ago. The United States/Poland Cooperative Telemedicine Program was supported by the U.S. Army Telemedicine Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC). The team of Native American Industrial Distributors, Inc., (NAID), Visual Telecommunications Network, Inc. (Vitel Net) and the Military Institute of Health Service (MIHS) worked together with the goal of improving health care for Polish military personnel. In May 2006, a telecommunication system connecting military hospitals in Warsaw and Wroclaw, Poland was completed. Physicians at the MIHS will now be able to remotely treat patients and manage the health care of patients at the 4th Military Hospital in Wroclaw.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA526282

Entities

People

  • Edward J. Marcinik

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civilian Personnel
  • Communication Systems
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Information Systems
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Hospitals
  • Military Medicine
  • Military Personnel
  • Native Americans
  • Personnel Management
  • Physicians
  • Telemedicine
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

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  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).
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