KevinMD June 16, 2024
Sean McBride, MD and Shannon MacDonald, MD

As cancer clinical trialists with sub-specialized practices, we treat patients from across the country. But while they must travel for treatment, there are clear occasions where we recognize that advice and consultation by telephone, video, and patient messaging are perfectly safe and far more convenient and cost-effective.

Telemedicine across state lines was the legal norm during COVID-19. Patients and practitioners quickly recognized that Americans deserved access to physicians unencumbered by geography for consultations and follow-up. But now that COVID-19-related telehealth flexibilities have ended, we can no longer care for patients when they are not physically in the states in which we are licensed. The patient’s location arbitrarily defines the locus of medical practice, and physicians can only legally practice in...

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