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Increasing access to care: telehealth during COVID-19.

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Hoffman, DA
Published in: Journal of law and the biosciences
January 2020

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency has amplified both the potential value and the challenges with healthcare providers deploying telehealth solutions. As people across the country find ways to stay at home, telehealth preserves an opportunity to obtain necessary healthcare services. Further, telehealth can help individuals avoid COVID-19 infection, free up hospital beds and other resources for those patients most in need, and prevent infected individuals from spreading that infection. Federal and state regulators have recognized this potential of telehealth and have quickly changed a variety of laws and regulations to enable healthcare providers to deploy solutions quickly. These changes can provide lasting benefits for the use of telehealth well after the current crisis. However, to best realize telehealth's benefits, further legal and regulatory actions are necessary. Specifically, lawmakers and regulators should focus on six areas: reimbursement, privacy/cybersecurity, liability, licensure, technology access, and artificial intelligence.

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Journal of law and the biosciences

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2053-9711

ISSN

2053-9711

Publication Date

January 2020

Volume

7

Issue

1

Start / End Page

lsaa043

Related Subject Headings

  • 5001 Applied ethics
  • 4806 Private law and civil obligations
  • 4804 Law in context
  • 2201 Applied Ethics
  • 1801 Law
 

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Hoffman, D. A. (2020). Increasing access to care: telehealth during COVID-19. Journal of Law and the Biosciences, 7(1), lsaa043. https://doi.org/10.1093/jlb/lsaa043
Hoffman, David A. “Increasing access to care: telehealth during COVID-19.Journal of Law and the Biosciences 7, no. 1 (January 2020): lsaa043. https://doi.org/10.1093/jlb/lsaa043.
Hoffman DA. Increasing access to care: telehealth during COVID-19. Journal of law and the biosciences. 2020 Jan;7(1):lsaa043.
Hoffman, David A. “Increasing access to care: telehealth during COVID-19.Journal of Law and the Biosciences, vol. 7, no. 1, Jan. 2020, p. lsaa043. Epmc, doi:10.1093/jlb/lsaa043.
Hoffman DA. Increasing access to care: telehealth during COVID-19. Journal of law and the biosciences. 2020 Jan;7(1):lsaa043.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of law and the biosciences

DOI

EISSN

2053-9711

ISSN

2053-9711

Publication Date

January 2020

Volume

7

Issue

1

Start / End Page

lsaa043

Related Subject Headings

  • 5001 Applied ethics
  • 4806 Private law and civil obligations
  • 4804 Law in context
  • 2201 Applied Ethics
  • 1801 Law