Since tourism often represents the only economic activity of value in the concerning regions, it is of great importance to improve the quality of medical care through integrated regional networking, so as to prevent the visitors from turning to better provided holiday resorts. The project partners concentrate on both teleradiology for diagnostic purposes and the exchange of medical records and data. For this purpose, facilities for desk-top conferencing have to be developed, consisting of point to point as well as multicasting procedures. Remote laboratory replies and requests will be automatized and rapidly executed. Built in security measures will protect the patient's privacy with regard to confidential data.
Web based co-operative services have to be set up, to create shared workspaces.
On the one hand, educational services for distant and isolated health care providers will be established and on the other, tourists as well as the local population will benefit from information services. At a trans-European level, standard medical and operational procedures for medical assistance will be defined. The second aspect of the TEMeTeN project relates to teleworking. Since the interest in telework has substantially increased in the past years, the project partners plan to integrate teleworking centres and mobile workstations for the tourists as well as for the native population. The private sector, including hotels and communications companies, will be involved in setting up the service.