NDLI: Spacebridge to armenia: a look back at its impact on telemedicine in disaster response.

Content Provider	World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus
Author	Doarn, Charles R. Merrell, Ronald C.
Spatial Coverage	Armenia United States USSR Russia
Description	Country affiliation: United States Author Affiliation: Doarn CR ( Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0840, USA. charles.doarn@uc.edu)
Abstract	On December 7, 1988, an earthquake destroyed a significant portion of the Spitak Region of Soviet Armenia. The destruction resulted in significant death toll, building and infrastructure destroyed, and the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people. The entire local medical infrastructure was significantly damaged. Before the disaster, the space medical leadership of the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics were collaborating on joint activities in medicine and biology. The leaders of this collaborative effort devised an approach to support a disaster recovery utilizing telecommunications assets. This effort was focused on healthcare in a postdisaster event and became known as the Spacebridge to Armenia. This spacebridge was put in place 5 months after the calamity and operated for several months in the spring-summer of 1989. The spacebridge was extended to Ufa, Russia, in response to a second disaster. The influence of the Spacebridge to Armenia in the 20 years since has been significant. This article summarizes how telemedicine has evolved from the response to the earthquake in 1988. It presents lessons learned and illustrates the many influences that have been made.
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	15305627
Issue Number	7
Volume Number	17
e-ISSN	15563669
Journal	Telemedicine and e-Health
Language	English
Publisher	Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Publisher Date	2011-09-01
Publisher Place	United States
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Discipline Medical Informatics Disaster Planning Methods Earthquakes Telemedicine History Armenia History, 20th Century Humans International Cooperation Russia Space Flight Telecommunications Ussr United States Historical Article Journal Article
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Health Information Management Health Informatics

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