Texas, home to both a business-friendly climate and an influential physician lobby, has long grappled with the practice of telemedicine, in which remote, sometimes out-of-state doctors can make diagnoses and write prescriptions after consulting with patients by phone or on the Internet. Last year, the state passed a rule backed by doctors' groups requiring most physicians to meet patients face to face before treating them remotely. Business groups cried foul, saying the state was stifling innovation in health care. The regulations are currently tied up in court.
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