The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about rapid innovation in mental health care, and the move to telemedicine is likely here to stay to at least some degree, but research...Medico-Legal
Parliament has remained silent on any form of temporary legal indemnity for healthcare professionals in South Africa as a result of deaths due to the coronavirus...
May 6th, 2020
The rapid increase in virtual visits during the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic could transform the way physicians provide care in the United States...
April 8th, 2020
The Medical Protection Society welcomes the Health Professions Council of SA’s updated guidelines on telemedicine, confirming MPS’s position that telemedicine...
The Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF) has welcomed the lifting of the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) telemedicine ban to broadly permit doctors and...South Africa
Medical organisations – including the SA Medical Association (Sama), the Board of Healthcare Funders of SA, the Health Funders Association, the SA Private...News Release
The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) have issued an important COVID-19 Circular addressing important matters such as Prescribed Minimum Benefits, telemedicine,...HIV/AIDS
Telemedicine, which involves consultation of patients by doctors remotely, is being used in many parts of India. A study has shown that it can be used for treatment of...
February 6th, 2019Dr Tony Behrman, medical business consultant at Medical Protection writes that a recent case heard in the Supreme Court of Appeal SCA 529/2017 has highlighted a...
The American College of Physicians (ACP) offers policy recommendations for the practise and use of telemedicine in primary care and reimbursement policies associated...
