When deciding whether to use mobile devices, consider how they will affect the risks (breach of data to the public) to Protected Health Information (PHI), and how to protect and secure health information and data breaches. 

Yes. According to Business & Professions Code Section 680, a health care practitioner, while working, must disclose his or her name and license status on a name tag in at least 18-point type.

A frequently asked question to the CAP Hotline is: Our practice wants to offer "Microdermabrasion". Can the procedure be done by a trained medical assistant, under the supervision of a physician? The answer is no.

In response to the current measles outbreak in California, the CAP Hotline has received a number of calls from concerned members asking how they should manage unvaccinated patients and protect other patients in their practices.

As with conventional medicine, a telehealth and video caregiver must uphold to the same duties to safeguard a patients' medical records and keep their treatments confidential.