Development of a Digital Platform: A Perspective to Advance Space Telepharmacy

Area of Science:

• Digital health
• Space medicine
• Telepharmacy

Background:

• Human spaceflight experience informs terrestrial remote healthcare delivery.
• Current spaceflight lacks technology for comprehensive astronaut health monitoring.
• Telepharmacy offers potential for advanced pharmacotherapeutic guidance in space.

Purpose of the Study:

• Develop a digital platform for teleassistance and pharmaceutical teleconsulting.
• Leverage space medicine principles for enhanced pharmaceutical care.
• Create a system applicable to both space missions and terrestrial remote healthcare.

Main Methods:

• Platform integrates evidence-based drug information by medical specialty.
• Includes patient appointment recording and AI-driven service protocols for standardization and escalation.
• Ensures data protection via privacy and professional ethics guidelines.

Main Results:

• The telepharmacy platform is developed and ready for testing.
• Validation studies are underway in hospital and clinic settings for ground applications.
• The system demonstrates readiness for terrestrial healthcare applications.

Conclusions:

• The developed telepharmacy platform is a successful terrestrial application of space medicine knowledge.
• This technology can bridge gaps in remote healthcare delivery on Earth.
• It serves as a model for transferring healthcare innovations between space and ground settings.