EPISTOL: the future of knowledge based systems and techniques for the health sector.

This paper reports on EPISTOL, a project set up to provide a perspective on how knowledge based systems are going to be used in the health sector 5-10 years from now, and how should this expected use influence the planning of research and development work up to that period. The results of the project are aimed to aid the planning of future programmes concerned with research and development in health telematics, namely the fourth Framework Programme of the Commission of the European Communities.