Asynchronous prescribing: Why the medical board is alarmed at the commercial misuse of telehealth
There are concerns that the prescribing process "feels like it is managed by an algorithm or AI", says its chair.
The care revolution in patients being treated over the phone or via video has a dark side.
The specialty has witnessed the proliferation of various entrepreneurial business — the so-called disruptors — whose business model is a mix of consumer convenience and what to the unwary looks like medicine’s easy street: those requests for ‘simple’ scripts or the ‘simple’ consult.
