Medical Economics February 1, 2024
Is your practice following proper protocols when it comes to telehealth?
The COVID-19 pandemic brought a dramatic expansion to the scope and frequency of clinicians’ use of telehealth — but remote examination and communication are not recent phenomena. Hippocrates allegedly examined the clothing of patients, brought by messengers from distant Greek outposts, to determine potential causes of maladies. Nineteenth-century Europeans described Africans warning neighboring communities of local outbreaks using smoke signals. More recently, National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientists have monitored the vital signs of astronauts orbiting Earth.
Definitions, delivery methods and benefits
The past two decades have brought advances in technology and application. The American Medical Association and the American Telemedicine Association define the concept as “the exchange of...
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