PAMELA WHITTEN is assistant professor, in the Department of Telecommunications at Michigan State University where she is the principal investigator for a number of telehealth and e-mail research projects. Formerly she was the director of telemedicine services at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

ACE ALLEN is the editor in chief of Telemedicine Today Magazine, associate professor in the Department of Medicine at University of Kansas Medical Center, and CEO of Today Communications, Inc.