Læger i andre lande skal kunne deltage i diagnosticering af danske patienter. De nye muligheder testes nu i et stort telemedicinsk projekt, der ud over Danmark involverer fire andre lande, hvor røntgenbilleder og ultralydskanninger krydser landegrænserne.

BACKGROUND: Experience from other fields of internal medicine shows that Internet-based technology can be used to monitor various diseases. The new technology handles complex calculation programs easily, and it is a unique way of communicating. These advantages might be used in optimizing the treatment for asthmatic subjects because undertreatment is a common problem found in European asthmatic subjects.