Long-Term Medical Holographic Program
Holographic program intended to provide medical services in situations where life support or living space was at a premium such as at a research or deep space outpost.
Unlikethe Emergency Medical Hologram, the LMH was designed to incorporate sophisticated social skills, enabling it to interact with patients over an extended period.
Zimmerman began this project after receiving a request from Starfleet to enhance the lifespan of the EMH in mid-2373.
Zimmerman planned to use a Human subject as the basis for the LMH. Starfleet Medical then selected Dr. Julian Bashir of Deep Space 9 as the prototype's model-template.
In designing the LMH, Zimmerman concluded that it would be necessary for the holo-doctor to interact naturally with patients for weeks at a time. In doing so, he felt it necessary for the holo-doctor to be "expected to share amusing anecdotes, extend sympathy, swap dirty jokes, and even have culinary opinions formed by experience."
To further enhance the LMH program, Zimmerman intended to conduct in-depth interviews with Bashir's family, friends, and colleagues in order to build a more rounded psychological profile.
Bashir was later deemed unsuitable as a template due to evidence that he had undergone illegal genetic enhancements. (DS9: "Doctor Bashir, I Presume")
