Browsing by Author "Satava, Richard"
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- ItemFuture delivery of health care: cybercare.(2008-11-13) Koop, C Everett; Mosher, Robyn; Kun, Luis; Geiling, Jim; Grigg, Eliot; Long, Sarah; Macedonia, Christian; Merrell, Ronald C; Satava, Richard; Rosen, Joseph M
- ItemMilitary research needs in biomedical informatics.(2002-09-11) Reifman, Jaques; Gilbert, Gary R; Fagan, Lawrence; Satava, RichardThe 2001 U S Army Medical Research and Materiel Command USAMRMC Biomedical Informatics Roadmap Meeting was devoted to developing a strategic plan in four focus areas Hospital and Clinical Informatics E Health Combat Health Informatics and Bioinformatics and Biomedical Computation The driving force of this Roadmap Meeting was the recent accelerated pace of change in biomedical informatics in which emerging technologies have the potential to affect significantly the Army research portfolio and investment strategy in these focus areas The meeting was structured so that the first two days were devoted to presentations from experts in the field including representatives from the three services other government agencies academia and the private sector and the morning of the last day was devoted to capturing specific biomedical informatics research needs in the four focus areas This white paper summarizes the key findings and recommendations and should be a powerful tool for the crafting of future requests for proposals to help align USAMRMC new strategic research investments with new developments and emerging technologies
- ItemTelepresence and telementoring in surgery.(2005-03-07) Latifi, Rifat; Peck, Kim; Satava, Richard; Anvari, MehranTelesurgical mentoring has evolved as an important subset of telemedicine yet has remained an underutilized technique when all its potential is considered As applied to surgery telementoring is used when an experienced surgeon assists or directs another less experienced surgeon who is operating at a distance Two and three dimensional video based laparoscopic procedures are an ideal platform for real time transmission and thus for applying telementoring to surgery The images viewed by the operating surgeon can easily be transmitted to a central telesurgical mentor and permit an intraoperative interaction Several studies have demonstrated the practicality effectiveness and safety of surgical telementoring The goal of this application of telemedicine is to improve surgical education and training expand patient care and improve health care delivery by allowing access to surgical specialists Eventually surgical telementoring could assist in the provision of surgical care to underserved areas and potentially facilitate the teaching of advanced surgical skills worldwide