“This staff working paper aims to provide additional information supporting the Commission communication “Telemedicine for the benefit of patients, healthcare systems and society”1, which was adopted on 4 November 2008 and will be referred to hereafter as the “telemedicine communication”.
The telemedicine communication proposed a set of actions aimed at enabling wider deployment of telemedicine services, focusing on three main priorities: building confidence and acceptance of telemedicine services, bringing legal clarity, and facilitating market development.
The staff working paper expands on certain aspects of the communication, such as the outcome of the extensive consultation phase that was undertaken in preparation for the initiative, the policy context and the legal aspects. It also illustrates with concrete examples how wider deployment of telemedicine can affect individual patients, healthcare systems and society.”
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European Commission Staff Working Paper, June 2009
