“I’m not a legal expert, but my understanding of what “standard of care” means is that I need to do what any ordinary, prudent psychiatrist would do in my community under similar circumstances.
I guess what I’ve been thinking about is the term “prudent.”
I’m sure that most psychiatrists in my area aren’t using video Skype with their patients, so I guess “ordinary” doesn’t apply anyway, but I’m beginning to wonder whether it is prudent to avoid the use of telemedicine these days.”
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Patrick Barta, Adventures in telepsychiatry, 25 February 2010
