A major requirement for the acceptance of telemedicine is its integration with existing medical equipment. Human interaction with the new technologies is vital. Users must be taken into account as early as possible in the design stages and need to be adequately trained in the use of the various systems. Failure to do so will most likely lead to underachievement. The market and the network equipment used are very heterogeneous.
Care needs to be taken to ensure interconnectivity between different network types.
Alternatively, ATM signalling can accomplish the same result in terms of connectivity. Further clinical trials are planned in order to reap the maximum benefits of the telemedicine experience and to provide additional feedback to the technical partners in the consortium. Trials will continue until the end of the project at a rate of 20 hours per month in the Radiology scenario and 12 hours per month in the Cardiology scenario. Finally, the trials have revealed a need for 'business-like' activities. In this sense, the project is working on a Business Model and Business Case for Radiology.