[Regional and nationwide developments in telemedicine. A contradiction?]
1ZTG Zentrum für Telematik und Telemedizin GmbH, Universitätsstrasse 142, 44799, Bochum, Deutschland. r.beckers@ztg-nrw.de.
Abstract:
Numerous telemedical projects have not been managed to widen itself. The federal states have sponsored many projects in the past. The central question therefore is, if projects can be spread everywhere. To answer this question, at first the initiatives of the federal states are introduced very briefly. Important aspects are then defined for a nationwide behaviour. Important aspects are then defined. ln the result it turns out that the federal states play an indispensable role for telemedicine.
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