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<p>W.T. Rasmussen, Ph.D. and J. Silva, Ph.D.<br><br>ABSTRACT<br><br>Naval medical corpsmen will be used more extensively to provide total shipboard health-care. In order to determine medical diagnosis requirements and health-care needs for shipboard personnel, illnesses and accidents onboard all U.S. Naval ships were studied. This data was analyzed for frequencies of occurrences and variances among different types of ships and geographical areas to determine if independent duty corpsmen, aided with the capability of obtaining remote physician support, can effectively satisfy the medical needs of shipboard personnel during peacetime conditions . Methods of obtaining medical data remotely, both with present means of radio corrmunications and potential methods utilizing satellites have been examined.<br></p>
<br>Subjects: telemedicine</div>
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U.S. Navy. Naval Electronics Laboratory Center</div>
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