1. The Medical Informatics and Technology Applications Consortium, Richmond, USA
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Medicine has migrated in the last century from home-based care
to centralized concentrations of technology in medical centers.
NASA has played a leading role in the development of much of this
technology, including telemetry, telemedicine and material science.
As we approach the next century of medical progress, NASA anticipates
missions of vastly greater length and distance from earth. Medical
technology which has been so fixed to medical centers must be
liberated to accompany our astronauts wherever the mission calls
them. The demand for portable technology and telecommunications
to embrace distant sites will allow more and more medical care
to be delivered away from hospitals and at remote facilities throughout
the planet. Again the needs of our space program will fuel a revolution
in health care.
The Medical Informatics and Technology Applications
Consortium (MITAC) was established to explore the technologies that
will be required to support these kinds of missions. MITAC is a
unique NASA Research Partnership Center (RPC), established to develop,
evaluate, and promote information and medical technologies for space
flight and ground applications. The basic premise of a RPC is to
leverage technology through partnerships with industrial affiliates
and other government agencies to benefit both human space flight
and the commercial sector.
MITAC is a consortium comprised of partners from government,
academic institutions and industry that have a commercial interest
in products and technology related to telemedicine, medical informatics
and medical technology.
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2. LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, USA