Physician consultations over the internet are regulated at the state level. Please consult an attorney if you wish to provide medical information for a fee to patients or to other physicians. We at Internet Ophthalmology prohibit such interactions through our service. Internet Ophthalmology is not a telemedicine service. It is an non-profit, charitable corporation devoted to education.
Case presentations are anonymous.
Patient identification data is prohibited. At a minimum, standard protocols used for case presentations should be adhered to. One should avoid identifying the patient in any way which may lead to a confidentiality breach in the doctor-patient relationship. For instance, a patient's initials, town, hospital record number, actual dates of treatment,etc. should be left out if they have no clinical significance. In keeping with this, we reserve the right to alter any clinical photos.