RHF assisted Allegheny General Hospital, Clarion Hospital and St. Marys Hospital in proposing to the Office of Rural Health Policy - Telemedicine Grant Program (May 1995) a project to enhance its Telemedicine health care applications through an advanced telecommunications network for real-time sharing of medical information. This application proposed to use telecommunications technology for: remote diagnosis, medical image distribution, continuing medical education and Ground Rounds, and on-line medical research and communication services of library, e-mail, and Internet access.