Providing health care in rural and remote areas: lessons from the international space station

Circumnavigating the globe every 90 minutes, 400 km above the Earth's surface and at a speed of 27 600 km per hour, the international space station typically does not evoke thoughts of rural Haiti. An isolated extraterrestrial outpost of humanity, it represents a marvel of human engineering and...

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Vydané v:	Bulletin of the World Health Organization Ročník 94; číslo 1; s. 73 - 74
Hlavný autor:	Papali, Alfred
Médium:	Journal Article
Jazyk:	English
Vydavateľské údaje:	Switzerland World Health Organization 01.01.2016
Predmet:	Aeronautics Aerospace Medicine - instrumentation Aerospace Medicine - methods Aerospace Medicine - trends Astronauts Collaboration Collaborative approach Constraints Data transmission Earth surface Emergency medical care Emergency medical services Emergency services Engineering Engineers Extraterrestrials Haiti Health care Health care policy Health care services accessibility Health services Health Services Accessibility - organization & administration Health Services Accessibility - standards Human engineering Humans Influence International International Space Station Low income groups Management Medical research Medical technology Medically Underserved Area Medicine Perspectives Point of care testing Remote areas Rural areas Rural communities Rural health Rural health care Rural Health Services - organization & administration Rural Health Services - standards Rural Health Services - trends Space Flight Space stations Telecommunications Telemedicine Telemedicine - instrumentation Telemedicine - methods Telemedicine - trends Ultrasonic imaging Ultrasound Haiti ASW, Caribbean Sea, Greater Antilles, Haiti
ISSN:	0042-9686, 1564-0604
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Shrnutí:	Circumnavigating the globe every 90 minutes, 400 km above the Earth's surface and at a speed of 27 600 km per hour, the international space station typically does not evoke thoughts of rural Haiti. An isolated extraterrestrial outpost of humanity, it represents a marvel of human engineering and ingenuity. It is this very isolation, ironically, that gives it something in common with rural areas in low- and middle-income countries here on Earth. When thinking about the vexing barriers to improving emergency care, you can look to the sky to find solutions -- the space station provides three examples of what might work. Task-shifting, point-of-care ultrasound and telemedicine services, if scaled up as part of an organized, collaborative approach among diverse interests, are three methods that might improve access to -- and quality of -- care in rural and remote areas.
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ISSN:	0042-9686 1564-0604
DOI:	10.2471/BLT.15.162628