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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9978-6.ch009
INTRODUCTION
Public health is a major issue that requires special attention at national level in any country. The health
status of the population is largely influenced both by the medical services quality of by the intervention
promptness. In recent years, the medicine field has been invaded by a wide variety of medical applications
such as: laboratory robots, tele-surgery, telemedicine and tele-consultation, surgical training, rehabilita-
tion and hospital robots, all these assisted by qualified personnel - doctors and nurses (Angeletos, 2011).
Currently, many health agencies and health personnel which provides health services, share data and
professional knowledge over the Internet offer (Ataç, Kurt & Yurdakul, 2013).
Telemedicine represents the exchange of medical information between geographically dispersed loca-
tions via electronic communications in order to improve the health of patients. Telemedicine is useful
especially for populations living in isolated communities and remote regions and is currently applied in
almost all medical fields.
Management of trauma patients requires fast, definitive and precise care as well as major resources
and continuous expertise (Lafiti et al., 2007), therefore paramedics attending an accident scene can use
telemedicine systems to retrieve medical history about a person and any other necessary information to
provide the needed assistance in minimal time (Fong, Fong, Rapajic & Hong, 2003). The critically ill
patients can be located in distant places, requiring remote reception and broadcasting of data related to
their status and real-time diagnosis before they are transported in the hospitals.
The telemedicine system was successfully implemented in Romania in emergency medicine. The
project of primary care improvement may be an opportunity for family medicine in both rural areas but
also in urban areas. In Romania, family doctors (General Practitioner – GP) are those who provide and
coordinate primary and continuous personal health care, for the individual and the family (e.g. family
goes to a family doctor the first time somebody has a health problem). The insured, identified with
Telemedicine Based on LMDS in
the Urban/Metropolitan Area:
A Romanian Case Study
Sebastian Marius Roşu
Special Telecommunications Service, Romania
Ionel Bujorel Păvăloiu
University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
George Dragoi
University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
Cristian Gabriel Apostol
Military Technical Academy, Romania
Daniel Munteanu
Valahia University of Targoviste, Romania