JAMA Network: Interstate Telemedicine in the Courtroom – Response and Reply
Barak Richman, a professor at the Duke Law School, published a viewpoint analysis in August urging for state medical boards to permanently adopt the pandemic flexibilities that supported interstate telemedicine. Charles Kels, senior attorney at the Department of Homeland Security, published a response, highlighting that states, as medical regulators, should encourage multijurisdictional telehealth because it is the right thing to do, not for the fear of litigation. Dr. Richman responds to the rebuttal, warning that state licensure boards should not succumb to new sources of outside control.