Telemedicine innovations for health care services have developed considerably in recent decades. The National Health Plan for Norway (2007-2010) emphasizes that the use of information and communication technologies is an important way of achieving health policy aims in establishing more integrated diagnosis, treatment and care pathways across organizational boundaries. Qualitative studies of diabetes-related foot ulcers have shown that using telemedicine equipment enables follow-up care of similar quality to traditional consultations while enabling more flexible organization and greater patient satisfaction. A few minor quantitative studies show positive gains when telemedicine equipment is used in following up diabetes-related foot ulcers, but no randomized controlled studies have been performed in this field. Further, studies focusing on the more long-term effects are lacking.