[Telemedicine: who--what--how]

Telemedicine, or medicine at a distance, is based on electronic communications and digital technology, so their development has led to the rapid development of telemedicine as well. Today, telemedicine covers many areas of health care, such as signal transmission on patient health state, image transmission, vertical and horizontal consultations among remote experts, interventions at a distance, teleeducation, medical patient monitoring and alarm, etc. The greatest advantages of telemedicine are increased access to health care, reduced costs and quality improvement. Telemedicine in Croatia has been developing parallel to the world achievements thanks to the well developed infrastructure and enthusiasm of the concerned professionals.