STATE OF THE ART TELEHEALTH/TELEMEDICINE

该项目的目标是制作和传播科学和理论上合理的政策和研究相关信息，这些信息将有助于远程医疗和远程保健在地方、区域、国家和国际各级更有序地发展。经过十多年的积极研究和开发活动在这一领域，我们还没有系统地综合我们在这一领域学到了什么，我们需要知道什么，从这里去哪里。这一目标将通过以下方式实现：（1）召开一次专家和学者特别专题讨论会并进行深入分析和讨论;（2）编写一本关于远程医疗/远程保健的权威性综合著作，为从业人员、研究人员、开发人员和公共决策者提供指导。迄今为止，大多数此类会议都是针对一般政策和监管问题，实施计划或特定应用的研究结果。这个项目在形式和功能上都是独一无二的。首先，它将包括著名学者和专家就远程医疗/远程保健发展、研究方法、临床和教育应用以及政策制定的一些基本问题所撰写的特邀论文。第二，这些学术论文将在为期两天的互动会议上提交。最后，也是最重要的一点，会议产生的内容将是分析性和规范性的，将对该领域的最新技术进行深入分析，并为未来的研究和开发提供战略。

The goal of this project is to produce and disseminate scientifically and theoretically sound policy and research-related information that will contribute to a more orderly development of telemedicine and telehealth and the local, regional, national and international levels. After more than a decade of active research and development activity in this field, we have yet to systematically synthesize what we have learned in this field, what we need to known, and where to go from here. This goal will be achieved though (1) convening a special symposium of experts and scholars and in-depth analysis and discussion; and (2) producing an authoritative, comprehensive volume on telemedicine/telehealth that will provide direction for practioners, researchers, developers and public policy makers. To date, the majority of conferences of this kind have been directed toward general policy and regulatory issues, implementation plans, or application-specific research findings. This project is unique in both form and function. First, it will include invited papers by leading scholars and experts on selected issues fundamental to the development of telemedicine/telehealth, research methodology, clinical and educational applications, and policy formulation. Secondly, these scholarly papers will be presented over the course of a two-day interactive conference. Finally, and most importantly, the volume derived from the conference will be both analytic and prescriptive in terms of providing in depth analysis of state-of-the-art in the field together with a strategy for future research and development.