Just as traditional methods of medical practice, due diligence must be observed when offering any form of medical treatment to a patient. Any form of malpractice could lead to nasty legal suits either for the patient or the medical practitioner. You wouldn’t want to be sued by your clients as that will symbolize the end of your business as well as practice.

One may be wondering why they need telemedicine attorneys at all. Well, you may have seen people marketing themselves to offer legal advice for telemedicine businesses as well as patients who use such services. These attorneys are well conversant with the state laws that govern telemedicine services and can help businesses operate within the state laws. However, if one falls foul of the law then these attorneys can assist and defend them in the court of law. They know their way around telemedicine laws and can help one escape fines or penalty if they break any of the laws. Telemedicine attorneys can also help patients who use telemedicine services so that they can protect them whenever telemedicine doctors wrongly diagnose their ailment.

The plaintiff in this case is the patient, should be able to proof certain facts in a court of law. There must be the existence of a telemedicine physician, patient relationship and proof that it is the physician’s duty to act according to the acknowledged professional standards of care. There must have been a breach of duty in the practice. The breach must also be the most probable cause of the patient’s injury. There often is provision for the theory that physical contact with the patient is not compulsory for a duty to exist. Here, the telemedicine lawyers will take the telemedicine company to the court of law when there is any proof of malpractice.

The more the degree of communication between the patient and the telemedicine physician, especially virtual face-to-face consultations, the more likely it is that there is existence of a patient-physician relationship. When a telemedicine physician goes beyond a simple consultation and interprets test results or comes up with a diagnosis of informed analysis then this will more often than not create the physician-patient relationship.

In addition to what standards of care should be applied to a telemedicine physician, there is also the question of when the use of telemedicine consultation might be rendered as a standard of care. Telemedicine at attorneys are there to protect both the patient and physician.