Electronic communications to exchange medical information for patient care, diagnosis, consultation, treatment, and other health care services between a provider and a patient at different sites constitutes telemedicine practice in Wisconsin. It includes using a combination of interactive audio-video capable…
Maryland laws define telehealth as the use of telecommunications technologies between a physician and a patient in different physical locations to engage in health care services. Synchronous and asynchronous encounters are both included in this definition. In some instances, the…
Telehealth and telemedicine have been interchangeably used in the state of Missouri to refer to the act of delivering health care services for purposes of assessment, care management, consultation, diagnosis, education, self-care management of a patient, and treatment through the…
In the State of Tennessee, the terms telehealth, telemedicine, and provider-based telemedicine are used interchangeably. These terms have been defined as telecommunication technology such as audio, video, and other electronic media being used by healthcare providers and patients for consultation,…
The state of Indiana was among the firsts to promote and support telemedicine and Telehealth in the United States of America. Its local government and medical agencies exerted efforts to know the ropes on this mode of practice to formulate…
The Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine broadly defines telemedicine as delivering healthcare services, treatment, and patient care through electronic communication by a physician to a patient at a different location. Evaluation, consultation, diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of a patient’s…
Telehealth and telemedicine present substantial benefits to providers and consumers alike. The Washington government allows its residents access to specialists that the patient’s local community does not have. These specialists make patient records readily available, and offer an affordable mode…
Telehealth, as the broader concept of online medical services, is defined in the state of Arizona as the use of interactive technologies. It involves audio, video, and other electronic media or the use of asynchronous technologies for store-and-forward and remote…
The State of Virginia defines telemedicine as delivering healthcare services through interactive audio or video technology. It is entirely limited to real-time or near real-time interaction between the patient and provider and for purposes of diagnosis and treatment only. On…
Telemedicine is defined in New Jersey as “the use of electronic communications and information technology between a patient at the originating site and a provider at the distant site.” This interaction can either be with or without the intervention of…
