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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

Telediagnosis: A new community health resource, Observations on the feasibility of telediagnosis based on 1000 patient transactions.

Publication Details

Am. J. Public Health, 64(2) 113-119.. 1974 CE.

In 1968 Bird founded and directed the first "telemedicine" system, which linked a medical station at Boston's Logan Airport with doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital, who supplied remote diagnosis, treatment and medical image transmission.

Thematic Classifications

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#7521
Permanent Linkhttps://hom-sveltekit.fly.dev/entry/9693
External URLtelediagnosis-a-new-community-health-resource-a-community-health-services-project-no-8-ch2341a6-and-19487-awarded-by-ihew-health-services-and-mental-health-adminstration-public-health-service-july-1-1967-to-november-30-1970

Geographic Context

Mentioned in annotation: Boston