NEWS BRIEF

February 9, 1998 - David C. Balch, (Telemedicine
Technologies Co., LLC) and Dave Warner, MD (MINDTEL)
have been retained by the Global Telemedicine Group to
do an independent review of all NASA Telemedicine
efforts, both in the U.S. and overseas.  This will
facilitate discussion at the Telemedicine and
Distributed Medical Intelligence Conference about the
Space Bridge to Russia and a new breed of bio sensors
which will trickle down from the space program into the
commercial Telemedicine market over the next few years.

The Telemedicine and Distributed Medical Intelligence
Conference will convene on March 8-10, 1998, at the
Tahoe Seasons Resort located near the legendary blue
waters of Lake Tahoe, California, and steps away from
Heavenly, the world class ski resort.  A conference
panel will lead in-depth, interactive discussions on
exploring the use of collaborative medical systems to
improve the access and quality of remote healthcare
delivery.  Program discussion topics include web
technologies for patient care, global technology
standards, business models for telemedicine, and
distributed medical intelligence systems. The early
morning/late afternoon program format affords time for
attendees to take advantage of mid-day skiing and other
resort amenities.

Input from TM/DMI conference discussions will become
recommendations to the ATA annual meeting in April,
1988, and may become a basis for discussion between
the service provider and vendor community.

To participate in the TM/DMI conference, contact the
East Carolina University Telemedicine Program at
919.816.2695 or visit the conference web page
www.telemed.med.ecu.edu/dis_lern/conf_m.htm.