Center of Excellence for Remote and Medically Under-Served Areas, Addendum

Saint Francis University's CERMUSA continues to explore ways to identify, study, analyze, and explore innovative and interdisciplinary ways to deliver healthcare and education to rural and underserved populations using commercially available off-the-shelf technologies (COTS) and adapts the equi...

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Main Author: Roberts, Jay B
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
ASYNCHRONOUS SYSTEMS
CERMUSA(CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR REMOTE AND MEDICALLY UNDER-SERVED AREAS)
DISTANCE LEARNING
Medical Facilities, Equipment and Supplies
Medicine and Medical Research
MESH NETWORKING
OFF THE SHELF EQUIPMENT
RURAL AREAS
RURAL HOSPITALS
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TELEHEALTH
TELEMEDICINE
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Summary:Saint Francis University's CERMUSA continues to explore ways to identify, study, analyze, and explore innovative and interdisciplinary ways to deliver healthcare and education to rural and underserved populations using commercially available off-the-shelf technologies (COTS) and adapts the equipment to address the identified needs that enhance and aid access to cost effective, quality healthcare and education. CERMUSA's protocols identify technologies or paradigms and diffuse them into healthcare initiatives. CERMUSA was engaged in a number of studies encompassing chronic diseases, diabetes, and effect of synchronous and asynchronous methods of distance learning, CERMUSA completed a successful research protocol assisting rural hospitals to develop a network capable of providing education services and certification to pre-hospital students. CERMUSA successfully designed a modular and rapidly-deployable communications network for emergency and tactical response that extends radio coverage within buildings where service is unavailable. The Mobile Access Point was developed as a fully-functional node on the CERMUSA Mesh Network mounted on wheeled robotic chassis. This extends network services via remote control, thereby keeping a remote operator out of potentially dangerous areas such as disaster zones or contaminated regions. CERMUSA's Wound Care protocol has provided the access to a wound-specialty nurse to tend to several patients simultaneously using portable video units and the two way communication allowed the patient to have one-on-one interaction with the expert caregiver. Supporting document is attached to the report as a separate file (PDF).