With the explosion of "virtual house calls," lawyers are cautioning the medical community about the legal dangers of treating and monitoring patients via the Internet. Critics say online communication doesn't offer the clarity and directness of a face-to-face diagnosis, which, medical malpractice attorney Veronica Richards warns, could lead to a misdiagnosis, a catastrophic outcome -- and litigation. Other specific concerns include security of communications and the practice of medicine across state lines.
June 09, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
The number of doctors and hospitals making virtual house calls has exploded in recent years, which has lawyers cautioning the medical community about the legal dangers of treating and monitoring patients via the Internet.
Attorneys warn that virtual medicine — which has popped up in hospitals and clinics in more than a dozen states in the last two years — could open the floodgates to malpractice claims, privacy disputes and licensure problems.
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