mHealth Intelligence March 20, 2020
Eighteen states and Washington DC have enacted emergency regulations to increase the use of telehealth to tackle the Coronavirus epidemic, including in some cases allowing doctors and patients to collaborate by phone.
Eighteen states and the District of Columbia have so far amended existing laws or issued new declarations to expand the use of telehealth and mHealth tool during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
According to the California-based Center for Connected Health Policy, states have been primarily waiving Medicaid requirements, including allowing telehealth – even phone calls – to qualify as the establishment of a doctor-patient relationship. Some have also eased the rules to allow residents to access telemental health services from their homes.
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