A Focus on Telehealth

Abstract

The title and theme of the 1996 AMIA Spring Congress was “Conquering Distance: Teleinformatics, Telemedicine, Telehealth.” In her welcoming statement, Betsy Humphreys, co-editor of this issue and Program Chair for the 1996 AMIA Spring Congress, wrote: High-speed, high band-width access to the Internet is spreading rapidly; the World Wide Web is providing cross-platform integration of text, pictures, and sound; and the technologies supporting telemedicine, informatics, public health, and education are converging. As enhanced communications help us to conquer …