Post by pavel on Feb 26, 2016 6:19:40 GMT -6
The Mississippi State Medical Association calls a House bill to allow audio-only telemedicine bad legislation.
"It's like practicing while wearing a blindfold," said Dr. Dan Edney, president of the Mississippi Medical Association. "The House has passed a bad bill and we are asking the Senate to fix it,"
Edney said Thursday that House Bill 1178 is designed to allow a Texas-based company to use doctors from anywhere in the world to diagnose common ailments over the phone and prescribe a quick fix for quick cash.
House Bill 1178 adds audio to telemedicine services in the state.
The bill says telemedicinne is a "delivery of health care services such as diagnosis, consultation, or treatment by a physician located at a site other than the patient through the use of interactive audio, video, or other electronic media, and is not a separate form of medicine."
Read more: www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2016/02/25/state-medical-assn-calls-house-bill-bad/80934702/
"It's like practicing while wearing a blindfold," said Dr. Dan Edney, president of the Mississippi Medical Association. "The House has passed a bad bill and we are asking the Senate to fix it,"
Edney said Thursday that House Bill 1178 is designed to allow a Texas-based company to use doctors from anywhere in the world to diagnose common ailments over the phone and prescribe a quick fix for quick cash.
House Bill 1178 adds audio to telemedicine services in the state.
The bill says telemedicinne is a "delivery of health care services such as diagnosis, consultation, or treatment by a physician located at a site other than the patient through the use of interactive audio, video, or other electronic media, and is not a separate form of medicine."
Read more: www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2016/02/25/state-medical-assn-calls-house-bill-bad/80934702/