Online medical care from the first visit Direction toward permanentization by the end of the year Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare November 2, 20:47
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to discuss specific conditions for "online medical care" from the first medical examination, which has announced a policy of making it permanent, and to summarize the direction by the end of the year.
"Online medical treatment" is a countermeasure against the new coronavirus, and it was approved from the first medical examination for a limited time in April, and according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the medical treatment by telephone was used for the first medical examination in the three months until the end of September. Including, there are more than 21,000 cases nationwide.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare held a study meeting in Tokyo on the 2nd with the policy of accepting from the first medical examination on the premise that even after the infection has subsided, it will be exchanged by video and the family doctor will be involved.
Among them, the attendees commented that even after the first medical examination, the online medical treatment should be combined with the face-to-face medical treatment from the second time onward.
In addition, there was an opinion that people who have never had a medical examination and have not been provided with information from their doctors should not be targeted, and the "first medical examination" to be targeted for online medical treatment at the next meeting. It was decided to consider the specific range of.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has a policy of coordinating the direction by the end of the year and revising the current guidelines for permanentization.