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http://dx.doi.org/10.9708/jksci/2012.17.12.241

Study on Telemedicine system in Medical Law  

Joung, Soon-Hyoung (Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Kwangju Women's University)
Park, Jong-Ryeol (Dept. of Police & Law Women's University)
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Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information / v.17, no.12, 2012 , pp. 241-249 More about this Journal
Abstract
The rapid development of the current information and communication brings big changes and progress in the health service delivery system. And it is becoming the worldwide trend increasingly. As the name of medical information, by more rapid, detail and more quickly to the patients and diagnosis of the disease it provides not only a high level of health care services but also hospitals and related institutions are making increase the efficiency of the work. Among them, the Telemedicine, that system has many advantage which can expect the shorten the waiting time and the uniform high level of medical, etc. without visiting medical institutions. Especially, the most advantage is it can increase the accessibility of information about extensive medical, without regard to the time and place. But this is the reality, which compared speed the development of modern science and technology with lack of operational regulations and mindset. Current in our Medical Law, it regulates the Telemedicine, but it has Institutional, facility, and environmental constraints. Because, there is no detailed legal relationship. And it takes that in terms of a special form called by a non-face-to-face contact with medical practice rather than the scene. Therefore, in this paper will find a way out to activate the Telemedicine by presupposes the development potential is infinite and find the legal issues and improvements.
Keywords
telemedicine; types of telemedicine; physician's liability; telemedical contract; commission contract;
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