Cruiseship Medicine for the 21st Century
Paving the way for floating retirement homes and medical tourism, onboard cruiseship medicine is embracing technology to better serve the medical needs of both passengers and staff. Telemedicine and Electronic Health Records are envisioned for the near future."For the first time, the annual Cruise Shipping Miami conference devoted sessions to the use of technology in cruise ship medicine and health and wellness tourism; the exhibition area included a small medical pavilion, another first."Click on the post title to read the full article published in the Miami Herald [Mar. 14, 2012].
Labels: biomedical informatics, cruise shipping industry, cruise shipping Miami conference, cruiseship medicine, EHR, electronic medical records, healthcare technology, medical tourism, onboard medicine, telemedicine
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