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Turning on telemedicine.

Publication: Modern Healthcare
Publication Date: 07-AUG-06
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Turning on telemedicine.(Brief article)

Article Excerpt
Telemedicine-using electronic communication to bridge long distances between provider and patient-has its roots in the longest physician-patient distance of all, monitoring astronauts while in space. In the 1960s, spacesuits were outfitted with sensors to transmit their vital signs back to earth.

NASA funded a lot of early telemedicine research,...

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