[telemedicine] Virtual Docs To Ride Ambulances

[Medical Informatics News]

Researchers are developing technology for ambulances to improve communications and perhaps
more importantly, place virtual doctors inside in transit. From AP Health:

Mountains, valleys, bad weather and long distances between hospitals make communication with emergency room
physicians spotty at best and nonexistent at worst. “It always seems to happen when we’ve got a critical patient and
you’ve really got to talk to a doctor,” said Jim Effinger, a paramedic with 23 years experience in rural
Pennsylvania.

The U.S. Office of Naval Research is funding research for the First
Responder Emergency Communications-Mobile with hopes to one day apply it to the battlefield.


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