In April 2012, the French Ministry of Health updated the thematic section of its website dedicated to telemedicine, with the p

The Regional Health Agency (ARS) for the Indian Ocean, whose jurisdiction includes the French overseas territories of La Réunion and Mayotte, has recently announced that

A pioneering telemedicine project for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has recently been launched in a hospital in central France to assess the impact of readmissions due to COPD exacerbations.

The 'Telecoma' telemedicine project is being launched in the Campania region (southern Italy) with the aim to provide homecare assistance for vegetative state and brain-damaged patients.

Approximately 2 000 patients across five patient groups will participate in the largest-ever telemedicine project in Denmark, it was announced on 14 December 2011. The project is an initial step towards establishing a common national infrastructure for telemedicine in the country.

Ireland's first Rheumatology Telemedicine Outpatient Clinic was held in Roscommon County Hospital (central Ireland) on 7 October 2011. The clinic involved a computer link-up between patients in Roscommon County Hospital and Dr Robert Coughlan, Consultant Rheumatologist in Merlin Park University Hospital, Galway, on the west coast of the country.

The Danish Government has initiated a plan for a national patient index and an action plan for the deployment of telemedicine as part of its digitis

On 7 July 2011, the Mende hospital of the Lozère department in southeastern France launched a telemedicine initiative for its emergency services.

On 18 July 2011, Barbara Steffens, Health Minister of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), announced in Düsseldorf the winning projects of the 'ICT and Gender Med.NRW' competition.

Telecardiology services will allow the quick and accurate diagnosis of diseases. Lithuanian Health Minister Raimondas Šukys has recently signed a decree regulating telecardiology services delivery and their reimbursements from the compulsory health insurance fund.

On 28 March 2011, the Ministry of Health held a presentation at its premises to outline the activities of its national eHealth project in support of the target to upgrade the eHealth system by 2020. 

On 31 March 2011, Annie Podeur, Director General of Care Provision (Directrice Générale de l'Offre de Soins - DGOS, in French), Ministry of Health, presented five priority areas for the deployment of eHealth in 2011.

It has been nearly ten years since General Practitioners in Northern Norway first integrated telemedicine, making it possible to send referrals and receive discharge summaries electronically.