This paper discusses issues relating to the possibility of implementing telemedicine solutions within the framework of the Polish healthcare system financed from public funds. Firstly, as part of introductory remarks, an outline of technical, technological and civilizational progress, as well as its correlation with the law and social behaviours is made. Secondly, due to the lack of a legal definition of e-health, the defi nitions proposed in literature and created by selected international and non-governmental organizations are recalled. In this way the essence of this concept is revealed. Thirdly, based on relevant international documents, the overall potential of e-health is presented. This shows the various benefits that the use of avant-garde solutions within the healthcare system can bring. Fourthly, a catalogue of the possible barriers to the deployment of e-health solutions is presented. From the presentation, it becomes clear that such processes will not run seamlessly. Fifthly, an outline of the right to healthcare is provided on the basis of instruments of national and international law, indicating the most important elements of the right. Sixthly, a forecast of the demand for telemedicine services in Poland is presented. Seventhly, the sociological concept of the so-called digital exclusion is introduced and the occurrence of this phenomenon in the Polish society is discussed. The paper ends with a brief summary, in which the author considers all the arguments presented and offers his own position and de lege ferenda proposals for the Polish legislator.