Going home after an operation yet not having to do without expert care from doctors? Artificial heart patients at Schüchtermann hospital in Bad Rothenfelde have this opportunity thanks to telemonitoring. When they train on an ergometer, doctors can see their blood pressure, pulse, and heart rate on the Internet. This is a boon for patients who don’t live close to the hospital. If it weren’t for telemonitoring, they would have to go to the hospital for aftercare or stay there to begin with. Thus, telemedicine offers perspectives for both heart patients and rural health care.