Telehealth continues to revolutionize healthcare delivery, but its availability is not yet ubiquitous. Regulations that require healthcare and allied health providers to obtain separate licenses (each requiring investment of significant time, effort, and money) in each state in which they choose to provide services can be a barrier to patients receiving healthcare via telehealth from specialists and/or their established providers located in a different state. Interstate licensure compacts are offering a streamlined approach to state licensure for providers, enabling them to deliver care via telehealth to patients in those states that have adopted the respective compact.
