Telemedicine

This volume contains the proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Life Sciences: Medicine and Communication (MEDICOM 2000), September 28-29, 2000, Remagen, Germany. These papers discuss the reality of a fundamental change within the various aspects of life-science technologies, medicine and information technology in the 21st century. Thanks to the rapid growth of the telecommunication industry and the success and popularity of the Internet, information technology is expected to play a major role in future health care systems.