Volume I: Executive Summary.- 1 Challenges and Opportunities.- 2 Status and Trends.- 3 Shaping Forces.- 4 Recommendations.- Volume II: Main Report.- 1 Background.- 2 Goals of a Future Action.- 3 Proposed Framework for Analysis and Definition of Actions.- 4 Guidelines for the Identification of Needed Actions.- 5 Identification of Major IHE Requirements and Priority Tasks.- Volume III: Issue Analyses.- 1 Alphanumeric Data and Text Coding Standards.- 2 Images and Biosignals, with Coding Standards.- 3 Medical Instrumentation and Devices.- 4 Knowledge Based and Decision Support Systems.- 5 Multimedia Workstations.- 6 Communication Networks and Archiving Systems.- 7 Modularity and Integration of Medical and Health Information Systems.- 8 Regulatory Tools and Incentives.- References.