Satellite-enabled eHealth applications in disaster management-experience from a readiness exercise

Computers in Cardiology

Volumn 35, Issue , 2008, Pages 1005-1008

  Chronaki, C E ^a   Kontoyiannis, V ^a   Charalambous, E ^b   Vrouchos, G ^b   Mamantopoulos, A ^c   Vourvahakis, D ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^b Laboratory collaborator   (Greece)

^c Hellenic Red Cross ^*  (Greece)

^d Prehospital Health Emergency Center of Crete   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; DISASTER MANAGEMENTS; DISASTER MEDICINES; E HEALTHS; EARLY WARNINGS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY INFORMATIONS; HYBRID SATELLITES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; MOBILE ACCESS; OPERATIONAL VALIDATIONS; RESPONSE SYSTEMS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; WI-FI NETWORKS; WORK-FLOWS;

CARDIOLOGY; DISASTER PREVENTION; HEALTH; RECORDS MANAGEMENT; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SATELLITES; WI-FI; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

ACCIDENTS;

EID: 62249180837     PISSN: 02766574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CIC.2008.4749214     Document Type: Conference Paper

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