Survey items essential to feasibility study on satellite-based medical network and considerations therein

• Published in: TENCON 2010 - 2010 IEEE Region 10 Conference pp. 329 - 334
• Main Authors: Tomioka, Yasumitsu, Nakada, Kaoru, Nakajima, Isao
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01-11-2010
• Subjects: Earth; Education; F/S; Government; international tendering; medical network; Medical services; Satellite communication; Satellites; Telemedicine
• ISBN: 9781424468898; 1424468892
• ISSN: 2159-3442; 2159-3450
• DOI: 10.1109/TENCON.2010.5686020

There has been no report on survey items for feasibility study (hereinafter abbreviated as "F/S") essential to tendering for a satellite network project for medical services (including medical education) covering a wide range of cross-border/interstate areas. This article reports the results of investigation and analysis on survey items and considerations in this field based on our experiences. The F/S can be classified into the following three contents: (1) Technologies specific to satellite communications and gateways, and problems therewith; (2) Economical/cultural backgrounds surrounding telemedicine, and problems therewith; (3) Legal systems and regulations, and problems therewith. The survey on these matters would allow the project to guarantee smooth operation of sustained self-reliant telemedicine in future .