Israel
Frequently Asked Questions
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Do you have relevant/specific legal regulations regarding telemedicine practice in your hospital/region/country?
Specific regulations from the Israeli ministry of health
Is there specific reimbursement for telemedicine services (fee for service) or it is included in your clinical care practice without any specific reimbursement? Any rules or recommendations regarding institutional preferences for time split between physical visits versus virtual?
Reimbursement is not always equivalent: usually equivalent to between HMO- hospitals but not when it comes to reimbursing the individual doctor.
Private sector pay similar to physical visits
How do you use telemedicine? What actual methods - mainly telephone calls?, e mails, text messages, videoconferences? Any specific platform/software?
Videoconferencing + email
The main difficulties or barriers to perform telemedicine? Technological limitations, patient rejection, lack of training how to conduct it. Privacy concerns?
Unrealistic expectations from patients doctors and institutions.
Some reimbursement issues.
With the COVID-19, are neurologists/movement disorder specialists in your country/region using more telemedicine?, which kind? Has this crisis change anything in #1-4?
Depending on the platform and training there is wider use of telephone and video- varies between institutions