The Federation of State Medical Boards has created a draft report titled "Model Policy for the Appropriate Use of Telemedicine Technologies in the Practice of Medicine - a Report of the State Medical Boards’ Appropriate Regulation of Telemedicine (SMART) Workgroup."
The key items listed in the draft report:
Read the draft report here
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The key items listed in the draft report:
- The identity of the provider and patient must be clearly established.
- The provider must be appropriately licensed in the state where the patient is located.
- A patient-doctor relationship must be established
- Follow-up and emergency care must be arranged.
- Appropriate informed consent.
- Medical record keeping
- Patient privacy needs to be maintained
This is a good place to start when looking into the utilization of telemedicine and is an important reference.
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