By Dr. Thomas Hedberg / Dr. Elliot Noma | Executive Director / Systems Manager
IMCRA is launching an important new technology and we need your help to make it successful! Worldwide, the immediate aftermath of disaster most often includes disrupted communications. This can make access to online medical resources via laptop or desktop difficult to impossible even with good WiFi signal availability. Further, in remote locations with limited wired or WiFi connections the celphone is often the only tool available for electronic communications in all cases.
To meet the need for universal accessibility to free medical resources our Community Cyberspace program is now pioneering a system for access to the IMCRA interactive medical systems via handheld smartphones including Android and i-Phone. This program, under Dr. Noma's direction, will give system users access to IMCRA's expert faculty via an interactive hand-held application which will continue to operate within a 30 mile radius of any functioning celphone tower.
As shown in the figures below we are extending access to this system to patients as well as to caregivers. Finally, in emergency situations where handheld access may not permit digital manipulation of a screen or keyboard we are including multi-language voice-recognition software to enable users to navigate screens and access the desired modules with a minimum of manipulation. The programming and implementation expenses for this are not insignificant so every contribution to these efforts will have a very real and positive impact on many lives. Thanks!
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