The Purpose of Telemedicine Guidelines

The telemedicine guidelines encourage doctors and healthcare workers to consider telemedicine as a regular practice. With the help of these guidelines, medical practitioners get the assistance to pursue the best course of action to offer medical care which is safe and effective based on the actual information, current resources and requirements of patients for safety purposes.

The guidelines offer protocols and norms concerned with the relationship between the patient and the doctor. The concerns in terms of negligence, liability, treatment, evaluation, medical records, and safety and security of the patient’s information and reimbursement can be streamlined through these guidelines

You can obtain information on several aspects related to medicine which include details on the technology. Also, to ensure that the right tools are used by medical practitioners to offer the best and safe health care delivery to patients.

It also helps to understand the usage of data transmission, voice, images, and information along with medical standards, policies, procedures and protocols to provide the best medical care.

The technology used for telemedicine related services comes with a whole lot of risks and limitations. But, with the right training, guidelines, protocols and standardization, the loopholes can be surpassed.

To avoid telemedicine from being misused, the guideless have been set wherein the doctors can prescribe medicines only when they have accumulated enough information about the medical condition of their patients. They cannot prescribe medicines without giving the right diagnosis. By failing to do so, it may be considered misconduct.

References

  1. https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/Telemedicine.pdf
  2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7482629/
  3. https://www.expresshealthcare.in/news/telemedicine-market-growth-in-india-to-aid-in-success-of-national-digital-health-plans-globaldata/426387/

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