Humayun J. Chaudhry (
Health Aff (Millwood). 2022 Aug;41(8):1136-1138. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00756.
Regulatory flexibility by US states and territories during the COVID-19 pandemic rapidly facilitated the practice of medicine across state lines by physicians and other health care professionals, both in person and via telehealth, and greatly expanded access to care. Policy makers and health care leaders at the state and federal levels need to better understand which of these efforts (temporary expedited licenses, licensing waivers, interstate licensure compacts, and data credentialing platforms) worked well, under which circumstances, and how they might complement one another to facilitate more rapid and widespread adoption of measures to improve access to care in times of crisis and beyond. Lessons learned during this global public health crisis should better inform the nation's emergency preparedness efforts ahead of the next calamity.
美国各州和地区在 COVID-19 大流行期间采取的监管灵活性措施，迅速促进了医生和其他医疗保健专业人员在州际间的行医实践，无论是亲自行医还是通过远程医疗，大大扩大了获得医疗服务的机会。州和联邦各级的政策制定者和医疗保健领导人需要更好地了解这些努力（临时加急许可证、许可证豁免、州际许可协议、和数据凭证平台）在哪些情况下效果良好，以及它们如何相互补充，以促进在危机时期及以后更迅速和更广泛地采用改善获得医疗服务的措施。从这场全球公共卫生危机中吸取的经验教训，应该在国家面临下一次灾难之前，为国家的应急准备工作提供更好的信息。
