From the Telemedicine Information Exchange [TIE]: The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) has recently revised its hospital standards for credentialing telemedicine providers. The revised standard, MS.4.120, effective January 1, 2004, should reduce the credentialing and privileging burden on originating sites where the patient is located. This standard is applicable only to licensed independent practitioners (LIPs) at distant sites where the practitioner provides professional services, who have total or shared responsibility for the patient’s care, treatment, and services via a telemedicine link.
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