JAMA Network: Increasing Telehealth Access Through Licensure Exceptions

JAMA Network: Increasing Telehealth Access Through Licensure Exceptions

Several researchers from Harvard released a viewpoint article on interstate telehealth. The authors explain how exceptions can be used to connect patients via telehealth with a physician in another state, why this is a more practical and effective strategy, and finally what needs to happen for this to be a feasible solution. Many exceptions are limited in scope and use vague language. A set of well-crafted exceptions to physician licensure requirements designed to support interstate telehealth, adopted consistently across the states or at the federal level, would address the current problems.