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National Library of Medicine's NGI & Telemedicine Projects

"One of the most important aspects of the NGI in the health sciences is the use of computer and telecommunication technology for medical diagnosis and patient care - what has come to be called telemedicine." Dr. Donald A.B. Lindberg, Director, National Library of Medicine, in statement to the House Appropriations Sub-Committee on Labor, HHS, and Education, March 18, 1998.


new.gifTelemedicine Symposium Proceedings Available

A draft version of the CDROM from the Telemedicine Symposium (March 13 and 14, 2001) is now available on the web only. See http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/telesymp.html. Also included are other documents and information pertaining to NLM's Telemedicine Initiative.


Next Generation Internet (NGI) Projects

NLM Telemedicine Initiative

High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC)

Telemedicine Information Exchange (TIE)

Funding Sources

Related NLM Projects

Last updated: 16 May 2001
First published: 16 May 2001
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