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Last updated 12/5/02

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National Library Of Medicine National Telemedicine Intitiative http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/telemedinit.html
Telemedicine Resources: A listing of resources and services avialaible http://icsl.ee.washington.edu/%7Ecabralje/tmresources.html
United Service Administrative Company - Offers discount support programs to public or not-for-profit health care providers located in "rural" areas. Helps bring affordable Telehealth Service to Rural America - http://www.universalservice.org
Frontier Guide to Telemedicine - Made available through the National Rural Health Association http://www.nrharural.org/online-store/scstore/p-PU0998-52-Nonmem.html
Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) can be found at: http://www.ntia.doc.gov
Telemedicine Congressional Report http://www.ntia.doc.gov/reports/telemed/
"Lessons Learned" NTIA: Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program is available at: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/top/research/EvaluationReport/Chapt6.pdf
Federal Communications Commission:  Health Care and the FCC - http://www.fcc.gov/healthnet/
The FDA Resport "Telemedicine-Related Activities" is available at: http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/telemed.html
TeleHealth: in Rural and Remote Austalia: Report of the Project for Rural Health Communications and Information Technologies (PRHCIT). http://www.monash.edu.au/informatics/prhcit/report/tele_t.htm

Reading Material

Telemedicine Journal: Available on-line in 1999 through Mary Ann Libert, Inc. http://www.liebertpub.com
Puskin DS, Mintzer CL, Wasem CJ.   "Telemedicine:  Building Rural Systems for Today and Tommorrow" Logestical Issues and Information Networks pg. 271-287.