Texas Senate passes bill easing restrictions on telemedicine

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Telemedicine in Texas involves licensed health care professionals (physicians, and physician assistants or advanced practice nurses properly supervised by, and with delegated authority from, a physician) providing medical care to patients physically located at sites other than where the professional is located by use of technology that allows the professional to communicate with and see and hear the patients in “real” time. Telemedicine services have been growing rapidly in the United States…