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Massachusetts has a new telehealth law on the books, signed into law by Governor Charlie Baker as part of a comprehensive healthcare bill. The telehealth provisions constitute only a portion of the 70-page legislation, but represent the first major formalization of telehealth laws in Massachusetts. The Act was successfully signed into law on January 1, 2021, following several years of proposed legislation and unsuccessful attempts at laws on insurance coverage and practice standards. This article highlights the top three changes in the Act for telemedicine and digital health companies.
1. New Definition of Telehealth for Medical Practice
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Healthcare professionals and legal experts participated in WCM-Q’s Intersection of Law and Medicine event to discuss the legal implications of the boom in telemedicine sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Doha: The legal implications of the dramatic rise in the use of telemedicine during the global COVID-19 pandemic were discussed at the latest installment of Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar’s (WCM-Q) Intersection of Law and Medicine series.
With physical distancing measures in place in many countries to limit the spread of the virus, telemedicine underwent several years’ worth of development in just a few weeks as healthcare professionals switched from in-person to virtual appointments.
Richard L. Friedman: What to do about doctors who push misinformation?
Some doctors have crossed the line from free speech to medical practice. Or something akin to malpractice.
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What to Do About Doctors Who Push Misinformation?
By Richard L. Friedman | For The New York Times
| Dec. 13, 2020, 2:03 p.m. | Updated: Dec. 14, 2020, 5:27 p.m.
It’s bad enough when our political leaders promote quack theories about coronavirus and its treatment; but what do we do about the doctors who enable them and use their medical authority to promote pseudoscience?
Take Scott Atlas, a former Stanford University radiologist with no training or expertise in public health or infectious disease. As President Trump’s special adviser on coronavirus, he cast doubt on the efficacy of face masks, long after science had confirmed their efficacy. He was a staunch proponent of herd immunity a recommendation that would almost certainly have resulted in vast mor
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COVID-19’s toll on healthcare workers
Dr. Taylor Nichols, a physician at Mercy San Juan Medical Center in California, discusses treating a patient with swastika tattoos and the pandemic’s toll on medical professionals.Getty Images, FILE
As a freshly minted psychiatrist, the last step on my path to practicing medicine was to complete an application for medical licensing in my home state. Every physician, after completing residency training, is required by law to apply and obtain a license in the state he or she intends to practice. On the application, I came across the ominous question: Have you currently or in the past been diagnosed with a mental illness that might affect your ability to perform your job?