Telemedicine-Legal Side in India

Read with interest article in Digital Medicine where he points out three interesting legal points about practicing telemedicine in India.

1) Only medical practitioners registered in India and are allowed to provide medical consultation, prescriptions and treatment.

2) Prescriptions created via electronic health records which are digitally signed are acceptable. 

3) Automated Prescriptions using Algorithms are tenable as long as the Doctor takes full responsibility for the prescription and accepts to be identified as the originator of the prescription.

Full article and more details at  Digital Medicine 

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Source: Sumer's Radiology Site - February 15, 2013 Category: Radiologists Authors: Sumer Sethi Source Type: blogs