Optimizing Amateur Radio Resources for Major Disasters
Abstract
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), part of the National institutes of Health (NIH), has tapped a technically savvy group of hams in the Washington. DC area to develop last resort e-mail communications for three area hospitals. This ambitious project has created a new approach to providing e-mail service to large groups of users during major diasters. The Bethesda Hospitals' Emergency Preparedness Partnership (BHEPP) was created in 2004 by the National Naval Medical Center (NNMC). the "flag ship" hospital of the Navy, the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (NIHCC), a world-famous research hospital, and the Suburban-Johns Hopkins Hospital, an acute care hospital with a regional trauma center. The Partnership received funding to conduct a series of research, development and infrastructure projects. The NLM, the world's largest medical library and a leading medical informatics research facility, joined the partnership in 2008 and leads the implementation of the projects. After recruiting a team of ham and MARS radio experts, the project leaders set out to develop the BHEPP MARS/ Winlink2000 Emergency Radio e-mail System (BMERS).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2011
- Accession Number
- ADA549885
Entities
People
- Andrew Mitz
- Victor Cid
Organizations
- National Institutes of Health