At the 2016 annual meeting, the American Medical Association
("AMA") approved ethical guidelines for telemedicine interactions to
"help physicians understand how their fundamental
responsibilities may play out differently" in digital patient
interactions. The guidance was developed over the past three years
and emphasizes the need for in-state licensure and an established
doctor-patient relationship before any telemedicine encounters may
occur. The AMA's policy-making House of Delegates had declined
to issue any policy guidance to doctors regarding telemedicine
practice at the June 2015 annual meeting.
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