37 European countries and 11of their ministers are expected to attend the e-Health conference in Norway

The EU's annual ministerial conference on eHealth takes place from 23 to 24 May 2005 in Tromso, Norway.Mr. Ansgar Gabrielsen, Norway's Minister of Health and Care Services, is hosting the conference to be held in collaboration with Luxembourg, which currently holds the EU presidency, and the European Commission. The Norwegian Directorate for Health and Social Welfare in collaboration with the Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine has been assigned the operative responsibility for planning the conference in Tromso. eHealth 2005 will focus on: · How eHealth can improve the availability and