The primary responsibility and obligation of state medical boards is to protect consumers by ensuring that all licensed physicians comply with the “community standard of care.”  Could…

Both the Federation of State Medical Boards and the American Medical Association have published guidelines for physicians seeing patients via telemedicine that stress patient safety, but some…

Computed tomographic (CT) scans are acknowledged as some of the most effective means of early detection for certain forms of illness. In recent years, however, there has…

The only thing slower than widespread adoption of telemedicine has been the statutory changes necessary to make the ground more fertile for it. But in just the…

To say that medical practice law is fractured is an understatement.  So, it’s important for physicians to be familiar with their states’ Medical Practice Acts. To say that…

Now that the FCC, after two years of foot-dragging, has finally approved the plan to spend the $400 million appropriated for broadband expansion in rural areas, you might get the…

When the FCC finally agreed to start spending the money appropriated for the expansion of broadband, the entire telemedicine industry greeted the news. When the FCC finally…

No matter how you feel about what has been going on in Washington, the people providing telehealth care at rural health clinics, members of the National Rural…

A new paper discussses the vulnerability of the U.S. Healthcare system, and a story in a respected publication assesses the threat of cyber warfare. A new paper…

Return on Investment (ROI) on telemedicine programs is today’s “needle in a haystack.” Return on Investment (ROI) on telemedicine programs is today’s “needle in a haystack.”Often the…