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Remote-area health care delivery through space technology - STARPAHCA joint NASA/HEW project called Space Technology Applied to Rural Papage Advanced Health Care (STARPAHC) has been developed to deliver quality health care to inhabitants of remote geographical areas. The system consists of a hospital-based support control center, a fixed clinic, a mobile clinic, and a referral center with access to specialists via television links to the control center. A strategically located relay station routes television, voice, and data transmissions between system elements. A model system has been installed on the Papage Indian Reservation in Arizona, and is undergoing a 2-year evaluation. The system has been shown to be both effective and cost-efficient, and applications of the concept are planned for future manned spacecraft flights.
Document ID
19770068648
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Belasco, N.
(NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Johnston, R. S.
(NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Stonesifer, J. C.
(NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Pool, S. L.
(NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, Tex., United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1977
Subject Category
Social Sciences (General)
Report/Patent Number
IAF PAPER 77-255
Accession Number
77A51500
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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