摘要
目前世界所有的醫療産業相關團體一致認爲，發展遠距健康照護可以提昇健康照護的品質，並且能夠降低醫療成本的支出。本研究從政府、産業以及消費者各角度切入，先就我國目前遠距健康照護發展進行簡介，進而研析發展遠距照護産業將對當下的法制環境帶來什麽樣的衝擊，以期主管機關能注意漢前法規所造成的産業發展障礙，同時兼顧消費者利益，建構妥適的遠距健康照護環境。
並列摘要
Taiwan has one of the fastest aging populations worldwide, which has formed a great challenge for health and social providers. Telehealth seems the best solution of this issue. Lately, worldwide professional reports have proved that telehealth can increase medical quality by efficiently monitoring the patients' situation and decrease costs by cutting off unnecessary clinic visits. Thus, Taiwan's government proceeds the ”Telehealth” project in 2006. However, the legal environment of telehealth in Taiwan is not comprehensive. Incumbent medical laws and regulations limit the development of telehealth industry. Therefore, this article will analyze the legal issues of telehealth, and propose an appropriate legal structure for telehealth.