Zundel K M
McKeesport Hospital, Pennsylvania 15132, USA.
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1996 Jan;84(1):71-9.
This paper traces the uses of telecommunications in health care from the Civil War era to the present. Topics include the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's involvement in the origins of current telemedicine systems and the impact of television. Applications of telemedicine discussed include remote consultation and diagnosis, specialty clinical care (including examples from anesthesia, dermatology, cardiology, psychiatry, radiology, critical care, and oncology), and others (including examples of patient education, home monitoring, and continuing education). The concluding section highlights how telemedicine affects health sciences librarianship, beginning with the development of online computerized literature searching. This section also discusses the medical resources available to health sciences librarians as a result of the Internet.
本文追溯了从内战时期至今电信技术在医疗保健领域的应用。主题包括美国国家航空航天局在当前远程医疗系统起源中的参与以及电视的影响。所讨论的远程医疗应用包括远程会诊与诊断、专科临床护理（包括麻醉、皮肤科、心脏病学、精神病学、放射学、重症监护和肿瘤学方面的实例）以及其他方面（包括患者教育、家庭监测和继续教育的实例）。结论部分着重介绍了远程医疗如何影响健康科学图书馆事业，首先从在线计算机化文献检索的发展说起。该部分还讨论了由于互联网而可供健康科学图书馆员使用的医学资源。
