Many in the medical community agree that expanding telemedicine in Pennsylvania could ease concerns over escalating health care costs and access to care. In the video below, Larry Light, Senior VP for Physician Advocacy and Political Affairs, discusses some of the bigger topics that the commonwealth needs to address, including payer and licensure issues, in order to remove barriers to grow telemedicine in Pennsylvania.
More Information:
Telehealth Task Force to Explore Barriers to Telemedicine from Physician Perspective (2015)
A Member’s Perspective on Telehealth (2015)
Medical Community Seeks Solutions to Telemedicine Barriers (2014)
AMA – Telemedicine (2014)