ABSTRACT
Telehealth is an administrative reform and regulatory policy with the potential to foster innovation in healthcare. The policy aims to improve accessibility of public and private healthcare services in rural and urban areas, improve the quality of services, and reduce service costs. A legal environment is required for telehealth implementation, and to-date we see a nonuniform patchwork of enabling legislation across the states. Political, economic, network, and demand factors explain telehealth policy implementation across medical specialties.
