Promoting Telemedicine Could Help Remote Patients to Access Health Care

by VR Sreeraman on  August 16, 2010 at 12:25 PM News on IT in Healthcare
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The AMA Position Statement on On-Line and Other Broadband Connected Medical Consultations recommends that telecommunications consultations should:

• only be used as an adjunct to normal medical practice, and incorporate the ultimate right of the doctor to determine whether or not he/she will provide any medical care to any patient on-line;

• only replace services where the quality and safety of patient care is not compromised, including where they provide access to medical care services in areas where such services are otherwise unavailable;

• not replace face-to-face consultations where the provision of quality care requires a face-to-face consultation; and

• incorporate the ultimate right of the doctor to determine whether consultation or provision of specific advice or care on-line is appropriate in any circumstance.

Source-AMA
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