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A Manifesto on Telehealth and Telemedicine

Affiliation of the author: Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy.

Correspondence and reprints: Prof. Francesco Pinciroli, Cattedra di Informatica Medica, Chair of Medical Informatics, Dipartimento di Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza L. da Vinci, 32/I-20133 Milano, Italy; e-mail: <pinciroli{at}biomed.polimi.it>.

Received for publication: 12/14/00; accepted for publication: 03/14/01.

An evident contrast exists between the generally easy way medical doctors and administrators use the term "telemedicine" and the wide variety of significantly different technologic methods and devices necessary for correctly performing specific tasks in the field. Many misunderstandings could be avoided by agreeing on the types of services that telemedicine can provide, names for those services, and descriptions of what is included in the services. This manifesto lists representative services, with a proposed name for and description of each.

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