The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency has amplified both the potential value and the challenges with healthcare providers deploying telehealth solutions. As people across the country find ways to stay at home, telehealth preserves an opportunity to obtain necessary healthcare services. Further, telehealth can help individuals avoid COVID-19 infection, free up hospital beds and other resources for those patients most in need, and prevent infected individuals from spreading that infection. Federal and state regulators have recognized this potential of telehealth and have quickly changed a variety of laws and regulations to enable healthcare providers to deploy solutions quickly. These changes can provide lasting benefits for the use of telehealth well after the current crisis. However, to best realize telehealth’s benefits, further legal and regulatory actions are necessary. Specifically, lawmakers and regulators should focus on six areas: reimbursement, privacy/cybersecurity, liability, licensure, technology access, and artificial intelligence.

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越来越多的医疗服务：COVID-19期间的远程医疗。

2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）公共卫生紧急情况已扩大了潜在价值，并给部署远程医疗解决方案的医疗服务提供商带来了挑战。随着全国各地人们寻找在家的方式，远程医疗保留了获得必要医疗保健服务的机会。此外，远程医疗可以帮助个人避免COVID-19感染，为最需要的患者腾出医院的病床和其他资源，并防止受感染的人传播这种感染。联邦和州监管机构已经意识到远程医疗的潜力，并迅速改变了各种法律法规，以使医疗保健提供者能够快速部署解决方案。这些变化可以在当前危机发生后为使用远程医疗提供长期利益。但是，为了最好地实现远程医疗的好处，有必要采取进一步的法律和法规行动。具体来说，立法者和监管者应集中在六个领域：报销，隐私/网络安全，责任，许可，技术访问和人工智能。