Table 1.

Two kind type of tele-videoconference in Taiwan and China.

	Taiwan	China
Initial year	1997	2010
Total case	199	143
Case per year	10.5	17.9
Number of Participating institutions	3 at first, then more than 40	41
Net tool	ISDN telephone line (1997∼), Iproom web net (2003∼)	Iproom web net
Frequency	Twice per month	Pnce per month
Conference mode	Young hospital present a fresh case at the first conference, and then the senior hospital give the feedback deeply at the next conference	Two of participating institutions present cases in every conference, and then every partner discuss them
Time	1 to 2 h per case	30 to 40 min per case
Type of care	Hospice combine care, hospice home care, hospice inpatient	Hospice home care
Type of case	Cancer and noncancer patients	Cancer patients