Innovative developments in information and communication technologies (ICT) irre- vocably change our lives and enable new possibilities for society. One of the fi elds that strongly profi ts from this trend is Telemedicine, which can be defi ned as novel ICT- enabled medical services that help to overcome classical barriers in space and time. Through Telemedicine patients can access medical expertise that may not be available at the patient’s site. The use of specifi cally designed communication networks with sophisticated quality-of-service for Telemedicine (distributed medical intelligence) contributes not only to the continuous improvement of patient care, but also.
