title: Infectious Diseases Society of America Position Statement on Telehealth and Telemedicine as Applied to the Practice of Infectious Diseases.
abstract: The use of telehealth and telemedicine offers powerful tools for delivering clinical care, conducting medical research, and enhancing access to infectious diseases physicians. The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) has prepared a position statement to educate members on the use of telehealth and telemedicine technologies. The development of telehealth and telemedicine programs requires the consideration of several issues such as HIPAA, state and local licensure requirements, credentialing and privileging, scope of care, quality, and responsibility and liability. IDSA supports appropriate use of telehealth and telemedicine to provide timely, cost-effective specialty care to resource-limited populations.
authors.affiliation: TeleMed2U, Roseville, CA.
authors.forename: Javeed
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Siddiqui
authors.affiliation: Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Herchline
authors.affiliation: Oracle Health Sciences Global Business Unit, Orlando, Florida.
authors.forename: Summerpal
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kahlon
authors.affiliation: Clinical Affairs, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Arlington, Virginia; kmoyer@idsociety.org.
authors.forename: Kay J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Moyer
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, and.
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.affiliation: Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Seattle.
authors.forename: Brian R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Immunology, and International Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago.
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D003219:Confidentiality; D017046:Cost Savings; D004282:Documentation; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000379:methods; D020408:Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008004:Licensure; D018907:Privacy; D011640:Public Policy; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012955:Societies, Medical; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States
keywords: antimicrobial stewardship; infectious diseases; store-and-forward.; telehealth; telemedicine