Contents -- Abstracts & keywords -- Guest Editorial -- Issues and trends in computerisation within UK primary health care -- Defining the regional healthcare planning objective using a multi-criteria approach -- Opinions on the use of clinical decision support systems for paediatric prescribing in a New Zealand Hospital -- Managing thin and thinly distributed knowledge in medical genetics using the Internet -- IS/IT outsourcing practices in the public health sector of Kuwait -- TeleHealth paradigm for Kuwait's healthcare -- Towards an improved collaboration model for the national healthcare system in England and Wales -- Serviceflow management for health provider networks -- Development of a management information system to facilitate the daily activities of a public health group and promote public health awareness in society -- District health information systems in the public sector -- Healthcare information management.