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13 Health L. & Pol'y Brief 1 (2019)
Telemedicine and Legal Disruption

handle is hein.journals/heallaw13 and id is 73 raw text is: TELEMEDICINE AND LEGAL DISRUPTION Mark Andriola* Yale Law School I. INTRODUCTION ............................................... ........2 11. UNDERSTANDING LEGAL DISRUPTION. ................. ..................4 III. TELEMEDICINE AND THE PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP ....... .........7 A. CONSENT IS THE BASIS FOR THE PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP .......... 7 B. CURRENT LAWS ALREADY ALLOW PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONSHIPS WITHOUT PHYSICAL INTERACTION. ................ ..................... 9 C. AFTER FORMATION, LEGISLATION CAN RESTRICT THE EXTENT OF THE PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP ............................ 11 IV TELEMEDICINE AND PHYISICIAN LICENSURE ............................14 A. STATE POWER To PROTECT ITS CITIZENS IS THE BASIS FOR OUR LICENSURE SYSTEM.................................................. 14 B. STATES ALREADY ALLOW THE INTERSTATE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE IN VARIOUS FORMS.................................................. 16 C. STATES CAN ACHIEVE THE BENEFITS OF TELEMEDICINE THROUGH INTERSTATE LICENSURE AND OTHER LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES .................. 17 V TELEMEDICINE AND INFORMATION PRIVACY............................20 A. CURRENT HEALTH INFORMATION PRIVACY LAW STRIKES A DIFFICULT BALANCE BETWEEN UTILITY AND SECURITY ....... ......... 20 B. EXISTING REGULATION OF E-MAIL AND DATA BREACHES PROMOTE DIGITIZATION ........................ ..................... 23 C. SOME NEW PRIVACY RULES MAY BE REQUIRED FOR TELEMEDICINE......... 25 VI. CONCLUSION ........................................................28 * Mark Andriola, Yale Law School Class of 2019. Mark is particularly thankful to Professor Mark Barnes for introducing him to the field of health law, and Professors Rebecca Crootof and BJ Ard for their thoughtful feedback. Finally, Mark would like to thank Susan Vari and Mary Elizabeth Guard for a lifelong lesson in the law of medicine. 1 Telemedicine and Legal Disruption