With advances in digital technology and widespread use of the Internet in everyday life, “telemedicine” would appear to be the next IT phenomenon and has already generated a great deal of media interest. However, telemedicine and its precursors have been used by the medical community for more than a hundred years, as physicians have treated their patients using the ubiquitous, low-tech telephone since the days of Alexander Graham Bell. Nevertheless, with the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, telemedicine has become the focus of attention to providers, attorneys and legislators in Connecticut. Specifically, pending legislation in Hartford would allow state regulation to catch up to changing technology.
First, there is the question: What exactly is “telemedicine”? At its most basic level, “telemedicine” is not a distinct form of medical practice but merely the practice of medicine via a different modality. What is “safe” medicine provided in person should be “safe” medicine when provided via telemedicine.
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