Watson D S
Med J Aust. 1989 Jul 17;151(2):62-6, 68, 71. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1993.tb137958.x.
Ideally, health care is a communication-intensive process and information that relates to problem-solving and treatment regimens is exchanged constantly among health workers and between patients and their health-care providers. The primary health-care teams in a remote area of Queensland were linked with their base hospital, regional hospitals, a teaching hospital and an aerial retrieval team by means of AUSSAT 1. This article describes the changes in the health workers' consultations and in their patient-management practices when they used the satellite communications network. These changes resulted in improved health care and reduced some health-care costs.
理想情况下，医疗保健是一个高度依赖沟通的过程，与问题解决和治疗方案相关的信息在医护人员之间以及患者与其医疗服务提供者之间不断交换。昆士兰州偏远地区的初级医疗团队通过AUSSAT 1与他们的基地医院、地区医院、教学医院和空中救援团队建立了联系。本文描述了医护人员在使用卫星通信网络时会诊情况及患者管理方式的变化。这些变化带来了更好的医疗保健服务，并降低了一些医疗成本。
