title: The future of telemedicine & its Faustian reliance on regulatory trade barriers for protection.
authors.affiliation: Third Millennium Consultants, LLC, Shawnee, Kansas, USA. tmclean@dnamail.com
authors.forename: Thomas R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: McLean
mesh_terms: D039602:After-Hours Care; D020811:Biomedical Technology / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003132:Commerce / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004465:Economic Competition / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005544:Forecasting; D033161:Government Regulation; D017048:Health Care Costs; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D038622:Internationality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D020407:Internet / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D020416:Outsourced Services / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012955:Societies, Medical; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States