State-based licensure: are we regulating away the promise of telemedicine?
Thanks to telephones, telecommunication, and telehealth, nurses are practicing across national, continental, and-thanks to some National Aeronautics and Space Administration initiatives-even universal boundaries. One major barrier, however, stands in the way of widespread e-health implementation on national and international levels-state-based licensing.
Simpson
Roy L
RL
Nursing Informatics, Cerner Corporation, Kansas City, MO 64117, USA. rsimpson@cerner.com
D006801:Humans; D008008:Licensure, Nursing; D011640:Public Policy; D055817:Telenursing / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States