There’s a good article from last Saturday from Voyager Telepsychiatry, “Prescribing without Physical Proximity“ on the issue of prescribing in psychiatry without a face-to-face evaluation. Although of uncertain legality in many states, the article points out that prescribing without a face-to-face evaluation appears to be explicitly legal in: New York, California, Texas, and Maryland, and [...]
Also tagged prescriptions, skype, standard of careIn Is telepsychiatry legal in Maryland? I mentioned that I was puzzled by the lack of information regarding what was and was not legal for me to do in the state of Maryland, so I dropped an email to Michele Phinney, the director of the Office of Regulation and Policy Coordination in the Department of [...]
Also taggedAs I mentioned in my post “How I got started in telepsychiatry,” I realized that I didn’t know much about telepsychiatry, so I asked the two questions most doctors ask these days when they find out something new in medicine: Does it work? Is it legal? I wasn’t as concerned about the first question right [...]
Also tagged HIPPA, prescriptions, skype, standard of care
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