The Next Wave programme is run as a virtual Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration (vIRC) with two complementary themes: it offers support for a Programme of Collaborative Research into Next Wave information and communication technologies and products; and also runs a Knowledge Transfer Club, Interface, to facilitate user-orientated research, stimulate markets and inform interested users.

The two main centres for telecare / telemedicine are based at BTexact and Imperial College, although the Centre for the Intergrated Home Environment  (http://www.cihe.lboro.ac.uk/) is also exploring this area.
