Dreams vs. realities, development of a rural mobile telemedicine program; the Utah experience

Author

Goddard, David B.

Author_Institution

Rural Utah Telemed. Associates, Cedar City, UT, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

36434

Abstract

The availability of low cost hardware, technology and software have made the implementation of a rural mobile telemedicine program a reality. Initial trials included the use of “Store & Forward” telemedicine software using communication via Internet service; modem to modem dial up; and spread spectrum telecommunications. Phase two trials utilize the H324 protocol, over a plain old telephone service (POTS) based system, employing fixed and transportable tele-conferencing units. Multiple legal, regulatory, and infrastructure barriers will continue to be identified and overcome in order to implement state of the art telemedicine applications in rural Southern Utah

Keywords

Internet telephony; health care; interactive video; legislation; spread spectrum communication; teleconferencing; telemedicine; H324 protocol; Internet service; POTS; Store & Forward telemedicine software; Utah experience; communication; fixed tele-conferencing unit; infrastructure barriers; initial trials; legal barriers; low cost hardware; low cost software; low cost technology; modem to modem dial up; phase two trials; plain old telephone service based system; regulatory barriers; rural Southern Utah; rural mobile telemedicine program development; spread spectrum telecommunications; state of the art telemedicine applications; transportable tele-conferencing unit; Costs; Hardware; Internet telephony; Mobile communication; Modems; Spread spectrum communication; Teleconferencing; Telemedicine; Transport protocols; Web and internet services;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5674-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1999.803865

Filename

803865