mHealth Intelligence March 16, 2018
Marschall Smith, Executive Director of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, and Shirley Svorny, an economics professor at Cal State -Northridge, explain why licensure compacts are good or bad – and how they may effect telehealth.
Interstate medical licensure compacts, which enable healthcare providers to more easily apply for and receive permission to practice medicine in other states, have been touted as a means of expanding telehealth and telemedicine. They’re now live for both physicians and nurses and will soon be live for physical therapists.
But not everyone thinks the licensure compact is a good idea. Some say the process creates unnecessary regulatory burdens, while others would prefer to see one nationwide license that allows a clinician to practice in any...
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