The Soong Foundation discovered that more than 600 EMH Mark I models were put into servitude by Starfleet mining dilithium. Although Doctor Crusher had previously mentioned that she had sworn to never use the EMH. Several Mark I EMHs continued to serve in their intended roles, including " The Doctor" of the USS Voyager and the EMH on the USS Equinox: both vessels being stranded in the Delta Quadrant, did not, of course, have access to upgraded versions.Ī Mark I EMH also remained on the USS Enterprise-E into 2378, as Chief medical officer Doctor Beverly Crusher preferred it to later versions. The existing Mark I EMHs were reprogrammed for more menial tasks, such as scrubbing plasma conduits and mining dilithium ore. Given these reactions, the Mark I was quickly replaced on many ships by newer versions. Starfleet thought the Mark I's personality was too abrasive. Lense later came to appreciate the Mark I EMH's lack of simulated emotionalism. This was considered a flaw in the program's design by many Starfleet medical personnel, including Doctor Elizabeth Lense of the USS Lexington. The Mark I EMH was modelled on Doctor Zimmerman, in both its physical characteristics and personality. Zimmerman's initial proposal for an Emergency Medical Hologram was presented in 2365 to Doctor Beverly Crusher, Chief medical officer of the USS Enterprise-D.īy the time the holographic matrix was completed in 2370, it had to have official approval by Leonard McCoy. Work on the EMH program began as far back as the year 2360 which was conducted by Starfleet Medical, though information on it was known only to a few individuals. EMHs are only meant to be used a temporary measure to assist existing medical staff, or in extreme cases, to temporarily replace them until a new doctor is assigned. The program whose formal name is EMH Program AK-1 Diagnostic and Surgical Subroutine Omega-323 was developed by Doctor Lewis Zimmerman on Jupiter Station.ĮMHs are programmed with five million possible treatments from the collective information of 2000 medical references and the experience of 47 individual medical officers, as well as having adaptive programming for situations outside of those in their database.
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The Emergency Medical Hologram or EMH is a sophisticated holographic program used upon Starfleet starships and facilities in the late 24th century to assist medical staff in times of emergency. I tried to have them decommissioned, but Starfleet in its infinite wisdom overruled me and reassigned them all to work waste transfer barges." - Lewis Zimmerman, 2376 That's what everyone used to call the Mark Ones until they were bounced out of the Medical Corps. For the EMH from the USS Voyager, see: The Doctor.Īn EMH " Because you're defective.