Telehealth

Literature Review on Healthcare: State Telehealth Enabling Laws

In the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, [1] Mary Schmeida offers the following summary about the topic of Healthcare: State Telehealth Enabling Laws: Telehealth is an administrative reform and regulatory policy with the potential to foster innovation in healthcare. The policy aims to improve accessibility of public and private healthcare services in rural and urban areas, improve the quality of services, and reduce service costs. A legal environment is required for telehealth implementation, and to-date we see a nonuniform patchwork of enabling legislation across the states. Political, economic, network, and demand factors explain telehealth policy implementation across medical specialties.

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Notes and References

1. Entry about Healthcare: State Telehealth Enabling Laws in the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy (2015, Routledge, Oxford, United Kingdom)

See Also

Further Reading

• Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance (2018, Springer International Publishing, Germany)