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245.008D Patient Physician Terminology

245.008D

245.008Patient/Physician Terminology: TMA approved refraining whenever possible from use of such terms as "provider," "covered lives" and similar terms in all communications with members, the public and the media and that "patient" and "physician" be used in place of these terms (Res. 101-A99; deleted CC Rep. 5-A-02).

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October 07, 2016

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Texas Medicine continues its coverage of COVID-19, looking to what lies ahead for physicians who adopted telemedicine during the pandemic thanks largely to more flexible regulations and payment policies that made the technology transition possible. Those same physicians may continue to rely on telemedicine as they reopen their practices to an influx of patients with neglected health conditions as resources pour into fighting the pandemic and scared patients chose not to come to their doctors’ offices. 

 

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