Practice Guidelines and Regulations in Telemedicine | Medvarsity

Telemedicine is defined as “the delivery of health-care services, where distance is a critical factor, by all health-care professionals using information and communications technologies for the exchange of valid information for disease and injury diagnosis, treatment, and prevention, research and evaluation, and continuing education of health-care workers, with the goal of advancing the health of individuals and communities”.

Guidelines for Telemedicine provide norms and protocols relating to the physician-patient relationship; liability and negligence issues; evaluation, management, and treatment; informed consent; continuity of care; referrals for emergency services; medical records; privacy and security of patient records and information exchange; prescribing; and reimbursement; health education and counselling.

Here’s everything you need to know about the definition of Telemedicine and their guidelines.

Dr. K Ganapathy, discusses in detail about the practice guidelines of the Telemedicine.