The purpose of creating a telehealth and health information technology commission is to encourage a single, coordinated statewide effort to create a telehealth and health information technology system that:
A. provides and supports health care delivery, diagnosis, consultation, treatment, transfer of medical data and education when distance separates a patient and a health care provider; multiple health care providers involved in patient care; and health care providers and educational or professional activities;
B. addresses the problems of provider distribution in medically underserved areas of the state;
C. strengthens the health infrastructure;
D. attracts and retains health care providers in rural areas; and
E. helps reduce costs associated with health care and make health care more affordable.
History: Laws 2005, ch. 55, § 2; 2007, ch. 14, § 2.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, changed the name of the "telehealth commission" to the "telehealth and health information technology commission" and changed the name of the "telehealth system" to the "telehealth and health information technology system".