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Principles of Clinical Medicine for Space Flight pp 163–179Cite as

Telemedicine

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The ISS and future planetary exploration-class missions (e.g., to Mars) will require the incorporation of contemporary telemedicine concepts and technology, tempered by the resource restraints and operational realities of space medicine. This chapter provides an understanding of current telemedicine theory and applications, a historical perspective of space telemedicine, and a prospective view of telemedicine for the ISS and beyond.

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  1. The Telemedicine Center, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA

    Scott C. Simmons M.S.

  2. Wyle Laboratories, Houston, TX, USA

    Douglas R. Hamilton M.D.,Ph.D.

  3. Commercial Human Space Flight, Wyle Laboratories, Houston, TX, USA

    P. Vernon McDonald Ph.D.

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Simmons, S.C., Hamilton, D.R., McDonald, P.V. (2008). Telemedicine. In: Barratt, M.R., Pool, S.L. (eds) Principles of Clinical Medicine for Space Flight. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68164-1_8

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