A research group led by Yashiro Kishimoto, a full-time lecturer at Keio University School of Medicine, has released the first guidebook in Japan for online medical care in the field of psychiatry.It describes the procedure for starting online medical care and measures to maintain the quality of medical care.
According to Keio University, the guidebook was prepared by the research group in consultation with lawyers and technical experts in cooperation with the American Telemedicine Society. It consists of three chapters, "medical care," "law," and "technology," and in the medical care section, details on preparations for starting online medical care, points to maintain the quality of medical care, emergency measures, privacy protection, etc. are introduced. ing.The legal and technical items explain in an easy-to-understand manner the specialized matters that doctors should know when conducting online medical care.
There are many laws and guidelines regarding online medical care, but they are esoteric and enormous, making it difficult for doctors to understand everything.Overseas, there is a guidebook for advancing online medical care safely and in accordance with the law, but it was not in Japan.
In Japan, specialists are unevenly distributed in metropolitan areas, so areas where sufficient medical care cannot be directly received remain widely in mountainous areas and remote islands.The research group says that by using this guidebook for online medical care, it is possible to provide safe and high-quality medical care to more people.
