PathCom Limited is a new organisation set up to explore new opportunities in the area of communicating health information over distances. The company has been formed through the coming together of Global Telemed Ltd (Founded by Professor Wootton in 1994) and the University of Ulster Medical Informatics Group (Headed by Professor Norman Black - now Dean of the Informatics Faculty). This set-up is enabling PathCom to commercially exploit good R&D ideas emerging from the University department. Good supplier partnerships also enable PathCom to offer real-time tele-consultation solutions (utilising videoconferencing technology).  PathCom systems have beeen used in the fields of neurology, psychiatry/psychology, ophthalmology, A&E, home nursing, medical education and primary care in the past. Installations have been placed in the British Isles, South Africa, Australia and Burma. One example of how PathCom equipment has been positively used is that the telemedicine equipment has enabled two nurse-led minor injuries units to stay open in Bangor and Ards (Northern Ireland).  PathCom is also the lead partner in the exciting telemedicine 'Sector Challenge' project in Scotland and Northern Ireland, which is multidisciplinary and has been very successful thus far.