Telemedicine Alliance
Satellites, televisions, radios, mobile phone and computers are now being used to improve health services and to make the best use of valuable medical services.
ESA, WHO, ITU and the Information Society Technologies programme of the European Commission, are now working together within the Telemedicine Alliance to smooth the way for the expansion of telemedicine, and its benefits, to all of Europe's citizens.
Over the past two decades ESA has gained considerable experience in the development and use of telecommunications satellites, and in monitoring the health of Earth-orbiting space crews. ESA also has a wide experience of transmitting and receiving highly complex satellite data and implements state-of-the-art sensor technology. For these reasons two ESA departments are concerned with telemedicine: human spaceflight and telecommunications.
For more information see the Telemedicine Alliance website: http://www.esa.int/telemedicine-alliance.