An international overview of the regulatory legislation concerning telemedicine

Telemedicine has been available to healthcare providers for several years. However, it was not until quite recently that the field of telemedicine really took off due to the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic. With the new standard of social distancing and the burden on the healthcare system, the COVID-19 pandemic forced rapid implementation of telemedicine in day-to-day practice, resulting in the use of technology to provide healthcare growing significantly.