The U.S. Army telemedicine program: general overview and current status in Southwest Asia.
This paper presents and discusses the U.S. Army telemedicine support systems currently available to our deployed forces in Southwest Asia. Organization and structure of the support system are discussed, along with some of the business rules and policies developed for its use. Some of the lessons learned are directly applicable to any type of large-scale telemedicine deployment, civilian or military.
Poropatich
Ronald K
RK
Headquarters, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC), Fort Detrick, Maryland 21702-5012, USA. Poropatich@TATRC.Org
DeTreville
Robert
R
Lappan
Charles
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Barrigan
Cynthia R
CR
D001211:Asia, Western; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018907:Privacy; D019114:Remote Consultation / Q000379:methods; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019112:Teleradiology / Q000379:methods; D014481:United States