Surveillance in a Telemedicine Setting: Application of Epidemiologic Methods at NASA Johnson Space Center AdrianaSpace medicine presents unique challenges and opportunities for epidemiologists, such as the use of telemedicine during spaceflight. Medical capabilities aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are limited due to severe restrictions on power, volume, and mass. Consequently, inflight health information is based heavily on crewmember (CM) self-report of signs and symptoms, rather than formal diagnoses. While CM's are in flight, the primary source of crew health information is verbal communication between physicians and crewmembers. In 2010 NASA implemented the Lifetime Surveillance of Astronaut Health, an occupational surveillance program for the U.S. Astronaut corps. This has shifted the epidemiological paradigm from tracking diagnoses based on traditional terrestrial clinical practice to one that incorporates symptomatology and may gain a more population-based understanding of early detection of disease process.
Document ID
20160012380
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Presentation
Authors
Babiak-Vazquez, Adriana (Wyle Labs., Inc. Houston, TX, United States)
Ruffaner, Lanie (LZ Technology, Inc. Houston, TX, United States)
Wear, Mary (Wyle Labs., Inc. Houston, TX, United States)
Crucian Brian (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Sams, Clarence (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Lee, Lesley R. (Wyle Labs., Inc. Houston, TX, United States)
Van Baalen, Mary (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Date Acquired
October 17, 2016
Publication Date
October 29, 2016
Subject Category
Aerospace Medicine
Report/Patent Number
JSC-CN-37654
Meeting Information
Meeting: American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo (APHA 2016)