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A new Indiana law will allow physicians to write prescriptions for patients without having to meet in person.
The law signed last month by Gov. Mike Pence overturns a requirement for physicians and patients to meet in person before a prescription can be written. Indiana patients will soon be able to talk with doctors through a video call, with doctors able to write prescriptions.
"This is the future of things," said Dr. Stephen Tharp, an internal medicine physician with the St. Vincent Medical Group in Frankfort. "We have to utilize new technologies to help people."
Forty-six states now allow "tele-prescribing" and once Indiana joins in only Alaska, Arkansas and Texas will prohibit it.
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The law signed last month by Gov. Mike Pence overturns a requirement for physicians and patients to meet in person before a prescription can be written. Indiana patients will soon be able to talk with doctors through a video call, with doctors able to write prescriptions.
"This is the future of things," said Dr. Stephen Tharp, an internal medicine physician with the St. Vincent Medical Group in Frankfort. "We have to utilize new technologies to help people."
Forty-six states now allow "tele-prescribing" and once Indiana joins in only Alaska, Arkansas and Texas will prohibit it.
Read more http://www.tribtown.com/view/story/...dicine?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook
