Until then limited to pioneers, remote consultation has just been formalized by a decree. All acts that will meet specific criteria.
There is nothing futuristic about looking at a patient from a distance. A decree has just been published on telemedicine. It marks the end of the experimental period for all the pioneers who made telemedicine. Sign of this desire for generalization: all acts which meet the criteria defined in the decree may be remunerated and therefore reimbursed by health insurance. The decree lists five categories: teleconsultation, teleconsultation (which allows a doctor to seek the advice of a specialist remotely), medical telemonitoring, medical teleassistance (which allows a medical professional to assist a medical professional remotely. other health professional during the performance of an act) and finally, the tele-response “used in the context of medical regulation.
Dr Jacques Lucas, vice-president of the National Council of the Order of Physicians: teleconsultation is a medical act “.
To avoid any anarchic development of telemedicine, the decree also establishes safeguards. The systems will have to guarantee the authentication of health professionals, as well as that of the patient. The patient’s consent must also be collected electronically.
Once all these conditions have been met, the public authorities hope that this new form of medicine will make it possible to fight against medical deserts.
Dr Jacques Lucas.
Jean-Pierre Rouffet
, general practitioner in Lacaune, in the Tarn, 50 km from the first specialist.Another major obstacle: the personal medical file is still not in place.
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