SPECIAL CONSENT TO TELEHEALTH SERVICES

Telemedicine involves the delivery of health care services using electronic communications, information technology, or other means between a health care provider and a patient who is not in the same physical location. Telemedicine may be used for diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and/or related patient education, and may include, but is not limited to:

• Electronic transmission of medical records, photo images, personal health information, or other data between a patient and health care provider;
• Interactions between a patient and health care provider via audio, video, and/or data communications; and
• Use of output data from medical devices, sound, and video files.

The electronic systems used in the Services will incorporate network and software security protocols to protect the privacy and security of health information and imaging data, and will include measures to safeguard the data to ensure its integrity against intentional or unintentional corruption.