Telemedicine encompasses the use of technology to monitor patients remotely, store clinical data, or facilitate real-time communication between patients and providers. In this podcast we examine some of the regulatory issues and other barriers preventing the faster expansion of telemedicine in the U.S.; including licensure, Internet/telemedicine prescribing, confidentiality and privacy of patient information, reimbursement and coding, and legal liability.
Greg Billings; Senior Government Relations Director; Drinker Biddle and Director of the Center for Telehealth and E-Health Law
Bio: Greg Billings is a senior government relations director in the firm’s Government and Regulatory Affairs Practice Group. Greg works primarily with the health care arena, representing and advising telehealth and remote monitoring providers, medical simulation training organizations, and nonprofit health systems. He also serves as the Executive Director of the Center for Telehealth and E-Health Law.Nuesoft Technologies Inc. was established in 1993 at the Georgia Institute of Technology’s acclaimed Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) and became an immediate success by delivering the first platform independent medical software program to the medical community. Since then, Nuesoft has continued to develop ground-breaking technology, including producing the first wholly Internet-based medical practice management system in the form of NueMD.
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