Sep 11 1994
From The Space Library
With aid from NASA, the University of Florida Medical School created a microcomputer, more than 14 years in the making, which enabled physicians to communicate via satellite or telephone. The computer held the latest information from 12 medical reference books and more than 1,000 medical journals and was updated quarterly. Both an electronic library and a record-keeping system were provided to doctors. System 2000 was originally designed to help ailing crew members on distant space stations diagnose their own illnesses. NASA's Director of Aerospace Medicine and Occupational Health, Dr. Earl Ferguson, expected the use of telecommunications in health care delivery to "totally revolutionize the way we practice medicine." (Fla Today, Sep 11/94)
NASA was scheduled to conduct a completely computerized conference, beginning September 12 and lasting through September 30, dealing with flight control projects involving an F-15 research aircraft. Some 200 pages of text and graphics were to be presented on a computer network. (Antelope Valley Daily News, Sep 11/94)
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