Development of a Digital Platform: A Perspective to Advance Space Telepharmacy
<italic>Goal</italic>: Lessons learned from decades of human spaceflight have helped advance the delivery of healthcare in rural and remote areas of the globe. Inclusion of the public in spaceflights is not yet accompanied by technology capable of monitoring their physical and mental hea...
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| author | Marlise A dos Santos Juliana Herbert Ilaria Cinelli Jose Antonio L Burmann Vinicius V Soares Thais Russomano |
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| description | <italic>Goal</italic>: Lessons learned from decades of human spaceflight have helped advance the delivery of healthcare in rural and remote areas of the globe. Inclusion of the public in spaceflights is not yet accompanied by technology capable of monitoring their physical and mental health, managing clinical conditions, and rapidly identifying medical emergencies. Telepharmacy is a practice prioritizing pharmacotherapeutic guidance and monitoring to help improve patient quality of life, and can potentially expand the field of space medicine. We seek to advance pharmaceutical care through telepharmacy by developing a digital platform. <italic>Objective:</italic> This study focuses on the development of a digital platform for teleassistance and pharmaceutical teleconsulting services that builds on lessons learned in delivering space medicine. <italic>Methods:</italic> The platform contains evidence-based information on various drugs grouped by medical specialty, and also records and saves patient appointments. It has specific service protocols for service standardization, including artificial intelligence, to allow agility in services and escalation. All data is protected by privacy and professional ethics guidelines. <italic>Results:</italic> The telepharmacy platform is ready and currently undergoing testing for ground applications through validation studies in hospitals or medical clinics. <italic>Conclusions:</italic> Although developed for use on Earth, this telepharmacy platform provides a good example of how terrestrial healthcare knowledge and technology can be transferred to space missions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2dfa57aba9b945faadd9e1daff1316e02025-08-20T03:32:54ZengIEEEIEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology2644-12762023-01-01416817210.1109/OJEMB.2023.323798810021223Development of a Digital Platform: A Perspective to Advance Space TelepharmacyMarlise A dos Santos0Juliana Herbert1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6357-5114Ilaria Cinelli2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1302-1188Jose Antonio L Burmann3Vinicius V Soares4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6752-3848Thais Russomano5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1633-4449MyDigicare Brazil, InnovaSpace Ltd, London, U.K.InnovaSpace Ltd, London, U.K.InnovaSpace Ltd, London, U.K.Space & Extreme Environment Research Center, Graduate Program of Information Technology & Healthcare Management, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, BrazilSpace & Extreme Environment Research Center, Graduate Program of Information Technology & Healthcare Management, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, BrazilInnovaSpace Ltd, London, U.K.<italic>Goal</italic>: Lessons learned from decades of human spaceflight have helped advance the delivery of healthcare in rural and remote areas of the globe. Inclusion of the public in spaceflights is not yet accompanied by technology capable of monitoring their physical and mental health, managing clinical conditions, and rapidly identifying medical emergencies. Telepharmacy is a practice prioritizing pharmacotherapeutic guidance and monitoring to help improve patient quality of life, and can potentially expand the field of space medicine. We seek to advance pharmaceutical care through telepharmacy by developing a digital platform. <italic>Objective:</italic> This study focuses on the development of a digital platform for teleassistance and pharmaceutical teleconsulting services that builds on lessons learned in delivering space medicine. <italic>Methods:</italic> The platform contains evidence-based information on various drugs grouped by medical specialty, and also records and saves patient appointments. It has specific service protocols for service standardization, including artificial intelligence, to allow agility in services and escalation. All data is protected by privacy and professional ethics guidelines. <italic>Results:</italic> The telepharmacy platform is ready and currently undergoing testing for ground applications through validation studies in hospitals or medical clinics. <italic>Conclusions:</italic> Although developed for use on Earth, this telepharmacy platform provides a good example of how terrestrial healthcare knowledge and technology can be transferred to space missions.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10021223/Telepharmacytelehealthdigital healthspace pharmacyspace medicine |
| spellingShingle | Marlise A dos Santos Juliana Herbert Ilaria Cinelli Jose Antonio L Burmann Vinicius V Soares Thais Russomano Development of a Digital Platform: A Perspective to Advance Space Telepharmacy IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology Telepharmacy telehealth digital health space pharmacy space medicine |
| title | Development of a Digital Platform: A Perspective to Advance Space Telepharmacy |
| title_full | Development of a Digital Platform: A Perspective to Advance Space Telepharmacy |
| title_fullStr | Development of a Digital Platform: A Perspective to Advance Space Telepharmacy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development of a Digital Platform: A Perspective to Advance Space Telepharmacy |
| title_short | Development of a Digital Platform: A Perspective to Advance Space Telepharmacy |
| title_sort | development of a digital platform a perspective to advance space telepharmacy |
| topic | Telepharmacy telehealth digital health space pharmacy space medicine |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10021223/ |
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