Daniel Carlin, MD, founder and CEO of telemedicine company WorldClinic, offers six key criteria for telemedicine to offer physicians value, according to a Forbes article.
1. Integration within an existing healthcare delivery model
2. The ability to provide better outcomes than current approaches
3. Assimilation into a set of clinical guidance rules
4. Combination with clinical management rules to result in appropriate responses from a health team
5. Access to simple/user-friendly interfaces that work for all providers and patients
6. Access to third-party reimbursement codes attached to monitoring and reporting for specific patient conditions
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