How to Start Using the EHTO Web Site


	Updated: May 21, 99
HOW TO START on this EHTO web

EHTO is a meeting place for persons wanting to find and/or display multimedia information on what is going on in the field of HEALTH TELEMATICS. The ¨buttons¨, at the left and at the bottom of the home page, have been set-up in order to enable you finding the information you need with only a few clicks with your mouse. Five of the left buttons appear on a grey background; they refer to the most important information that a user or a decision-maker is likely to look for when using or implementing telematics applications. Another set of "buttons", in blue at the bottom of the home page, enable quicker access to some specific pages which are frequently modified.

The red buttons on the left give you access to the following:

: gives you more information on the objectives and structure of EHTO. It also gives access to guidelines for submitting your own multimedia documents.
: allow you to view, comment and/or download any public multimedia document on this site (reports, presentations, slides,acronyms, sound and videos).
: enables you to comment on documents, send public questions, search for partners (through ¨profiles of interest¨), advertise for your activities and/or products, set up or participate to public or private discussion fora
: gives you access to other Observatories from other Countries inside or outside Europe where you can find and/or display information (in that Country language) more specific to its health care structure and culture. You also find a MOU (Memorandum Of Understanding) for the creation of EHTO-affiliated sites
: gives you descriptions and full contact information for past and present EU funded research in health telematics. It will link you directly to corresponding web sites and demonstrations if they exist. It links you also to the best official sites for more information on any other activity of the European Union.
in case you want to know more important detailed informastion about all projects funded in the 4th Frame Work Project (94/98) you should enter the button on the left "Compendium HTAP 94/98"
: provides full information health telematics standardisation activities and results the world over
: provides full information on the assessment of technologies in the health care domain and links to assessment agencies or organisations specialised in assessment in health care.
: Provides information on legal issues (such as security and confidentiality) in health care telematics and on IPR (intellectual property right) issues.
: gives you spot news on activities in other Countries
: shows or links you to multimedia demonstration of health telematics products or events. Through virtual workshops it enables you to participate publicly to the preparation of conferences.
: points to past and future conferences and/or exhibitions. It links you to the abstracts or reports when available.
: displays the content of previous and current EHTO Journal issues
: give access to other web sites. For some of them it gives a brief description of their content and/or purpose. A simple thematic classification is used.

Both the blue and blue circled buttons at the bottom of the screen give quicker access to some issues

for the newest information or update. Also it gives access to the whole sequential history of information on the EHTO site.

: for finding information from key words
: for notifications from the European Commission (events, calls ...)
: gives you access to public news provided by other parties interested in health telematics and enables you to publish (or update) you own public messages. These messages are kept for display during two month if not updated or asked otherwise. Older messages can always be reviewed in the ¨messages historical file¨.
: enables you to subscribe to automatic mailing of information updates
: for notifications from the European Commission (events, calls ...) to the Projects
: always brings you back to the first page of the menu (if you have not left the EHTO site through one of its outside links).

The red navigation buttons

On each web page a number of red navigation buttons are displayed.

At the top:

: always brings you back to the home page of this web site
: depending on which page you are reading, this button leads you to the main page of that web area.
: by using these buttons you can access an on-line document like you are reading a book.

At the bottom:

: by using these buttons you can access an on-line document like you are reading a book.
: always brings you to the top of the page

Last Update

Updated: May 21, 99: The last update, displayed at the top of each page, refers to the date on which the web page has been created or modified. It referes not to the date on which the document (paper based version) is created, updated, etc.