Slide Presentation from the AHRQ 2007 Annual Conference

Barriers to Successful Implementation of Telemedicine Interventions

• Reimbursement for supervision of telemedicine and disease management systems
• Trained clinicians to manage the data and the disease
• Mechanisms to consistently and reliably review patient data and alerts
• Development of appropriate algorithms to respond to patient data in a manner that improves patient outcomes
• Medical-legal liability for data collected
• Professional licensure across state lines
• Lack of evidence for types and frequency of patient data collected and impact
• Clinicians' fear of being replaced by technology
• Physician acceptance