Implications for Telehealth in a Postpandemic Future: Regulatory and Privacy Issues

This Viewpoint describes changes in reimbursement standards, patient privacy (HIPAA) regulations, and licensing requirements that have occurred around provision of telehealth in the US in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and highlights opportunities to further standardize regulations and facilitate...

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Published in:JAMA 2020-06, Vol.323 (23), p.2375-2376
Main Authors: Shachar, Carmel, Engel, Jaclyn, Elwyn, Glyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Betacoronavirus
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
COVID-19
Electronic Health Records
Forecasting
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - legislation & jurisprudence
Humans
Insurance, Health, Reimbursement
Licensure
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
Privacy - legislation & jurisprudence
Quality of Health Care
SARS-CoV-2
Telemedicine
Telemedicine - economics
Telemedicine - legislation & jurisprudence
Telemedicine - standards
Telemedicine - trends
United States
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Summary:This Viewpoint describes changes in reimbursement standards, patient privacy (HIPAA) regulations, and licensing requirements that have occurred around provision of telehealth in the US in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and highlights opportunities to further standardize regulations and facilitate use of telehealth after the pandemic.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.2020.7943