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Brazilian deputies seek permanent telemedicine regulation

The Mixed Telehealth parliamentary front in Brazil's Chamber of Deputies is seeking to legislate permanently the regulation of telemedicine, currently authorized exclusively due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Since April last year telemedicine was authorized for use throughout Brazil due to the health emergency. However, the parliamentary group of Telehealth, seeks that such regulations be extended to after the COVID-19 pandemic and a law on the permanent authorization of telemedicine be passed.

Law 13.989, which authorizes the use of telemedicine for the duration of the health emergency, defines telemedicine as: "the practice of medicine mediated by technologies for the purposes of assistance, research, prevention of diseases and injuries and health promotion".

The parliamentary front in favor of Telehealth even offered a few days ago, the virtual seminar "Teleconsultation in the SUS (Unified Health System): success stories", to promote the use of new technologies in the health sector. The seminar dealt with topics such as direct teleconsultation to patients in primary care, ophthalmological teleconsultation and teleconsultation in medical specialties.

In March, several medical entities disagreed on the proposal that the first consultation of a patient should be done through telemedicine. The concern of the Federal Council of Medicine (CFM) lies in the protection of the user's personal data. The first vice-president of the CFM, Donizetti Giamberardino, explained that a resolution will soon be published to regulate telemedicine both in the SUS and in private practices.

On the other hand, the president of the Brazilian Medical Association (AMB), César Fernández considers that there is no need for the first consultation to be face-to-face and that the physician should decide how he/she will offer his/her consultation.

The Telehealth Mixed Parliamentary Front will continue to promote permanent legislation on the use of telehealth technologies through legislative project 1998/20.

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