Informed Consent for Telehealth Services

Sharing & Disclosure · Permission or license

Alaska, Connecticut and Texas consent includes primary-care record transfers

For visits while physically in Alaska, Connecticut or Texas, if you have a primary care provider, you consent to your Teladoc Health provider sending that provider a record of the telehealth encounter on request or when clinically appropriate. This clause does not say every encounter is sent automatically.

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Alaska

If you have a primary care provider, you consent to your Teladoc Health provider sending a record of your telehealth encounter to your primary care provider upon request or as clinically appropriate.

Connecticut

If you have a primary care provider, you consent to your Teladoc Health provider sending a record of your telehealth encounter to your primary care provider upon request or as clinically appropriate.

Texas

If you have a primary care provider, you consent to your Teladoc Health provider sending a record of your telehealth encounter to your primary care provider upon request or as clinically appropriate.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies according to physical location at the visit.
• You must have a primary care provider; sending is upon request or as clinically appropriate.

Cross-references

• contrast (model-proposed): California consult records are automatically faxed if a PCP fax number is supplied — California describes automatic faxing when a PCP fax number is supplied and permits an opt-out. Alaska, Connecticut and Texas describe record sending upon request or as clinically appropriate. The location-specific rules should not be collapsed into a universal automatic-transfer rule.

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

California consult records are automatically faxed if a PCP fax number is supplied

For visits while physically in California, Teladoc Health will automatically fax a complete detailed record of related consults to your primary care provider if you supplied the PCP’s fax number in your medical history. You may opt out during the request-a-visit process.

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California

Primary Care Provider Notification When you obtain telemedicine services, Teladoc Health will automatically fax a complete detailed record of related consults to your primary care provider (PCP), if you have provided your PCP’s fax number in your medical history. You may opt out of Teladoc Health faxing your consult history during the request-a-visit process.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies according to physical location at the visit.
• Requires the PCP fax number in your medical history.
• You may opt out during the request-a-visit process.

Cross-references

• contrast (model-proposed): Alaska, Connecticut and Texas consent includes primary-care record transfers — California describes automatic faxing when a PCP fax number is supplied and permits an opt-out. Alaska, Connecticut and Texas describe record sending upon request or as clinically appropriate. The location-specific rules should not be collapsed into a universal automatic-transfer rule.