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Telemedicine has real potential to improve the availability of services and advice of medical specialists to primary care practitioners and their patients. Use of the term “telemedicine” for the purposes of this article will refer to two-way, interactive video systems over which medical consultation takes place. This does not include the use of telecommunications technology to transport still images, particularly radiologic images, from one site to another. We are quite aware that teleradiology and telepathology is already in common use in many sites. We are currently exploring the question of quality standards for teleradiology in addition to other forms of telemedicine.
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From the Health Care Financing Administration. Dr. Smits is a former memer of the Board of Commissioners of the Joint Commission on Accrediation of Health Care Organizations, recently completing a two-year term as Chairperson. She has served as a member of the Administrative Board of the Council of Teaching Hospitals of the Association of American Medical Colleges. She also is a Master of the American College of Physicians and a former member of its Board of Regents. Abby Baum, M.P.A., health policy analyst, Office of Legislative and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Health Care Financing Administration.
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Smits, H.L., Baum, A. Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) and reimbursement in telemedicine. J Med Syst 19, 139–142 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02257064
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02257064