遠程醫療定義
非同步存儲和轉發：
The transmission of a patient’s medical information from an originating site to the health care provider at a distant site without the presence of the patient. (Business and Professions Code section 2290.5(a)(1))
遠處地點：
A site where a health care provider who provides health care services is located while providing these services via a telecommunications system. (Business and Professions Code section 2290.5(a)(2))
電子諮詢服務：
Asynchronous health record consultation services that provide an assessment and management service in which the patient’s treating health care practitioner (i.e., attending or primary) requests the opinion and/or treatment advice of another health care practitioner (i.e., consultant) with specific specialty expertise to assist in the diagnosis and/or management of the patient’s health care needs without patient face-to-face contact with the consultant. E-consults between health care providers are designed to offer a coordinated multidisciplinary case reviews, advisory opinions, and recommendations of care. (Medi-Cal Provider Manual: Telehealth)
原始場地費用：
當以雙向、即時互動通訊或儲存轉寄方式提供服務時，以 HCPCS 代碼 Q3014 計費時，支付給發端網站的金額。 (加州醫療保險提供者手冊：遠程醫療)
醫療保健提供者：
根據《商業與專業法》第 2 部領有執照的人士、輔助婚姻與家庭治療師、合格的自閉症服務提供者或合格的自閉症服務專業人士、輔助臨床社工、輔助專業臨床顧問。 (Business and Professions Code section 2290.5(a)(3))
互動電信系統：
多媒體通訊設備，至少包括音訊與視訊設備，允許病患與遠端醫師或執業醫師進行雙向、即時的互動通訊。電話、傳真機和電子郵件系統不符合互動式電信系統的定義。 (聯邦法規第 42 篇，第 410.78 (a)(3) 部分）。
原始網站：
A site where a patient is located at the time health care services are provided via telehealth, including video or audio-only visits, or where the asynchronous store and forward service originates. (Business and Professions Code section 2290.5(a)(4))
同步互動：
病人與位於遠處的醫療保健提供者之間的即時互動。(商業及職業守則第 2290.5 (a) (5) 條) 同步互動可以是僅供音訊的同步互動或視訊同步互動：
僅音訊同步互動：
病人與醫療保健提供者之間的實時互動，僅通過音頻進行（例如，電話，無視頻）進行的互聯網通話。
視頻同步互動：
病人與醫療保健提供者之間的即時互動，透過包括音訊和視覺功能的互動技術平台進行。
遠程醫療：
The mode of delivering health care services and public health via information and communication technologies to facilitate the diagnosis, consultation, treatment, education, care management, and self-management of a patient’s health care. Telehealth facilitates patient self-management and caregiver support for patients and includes synchronous interactions and asynchronous store and forward transfers. (Telehealth includes telemedicine.) (Business and Professions Code section 2290.5(a)(6))
傳輸費用：
透過音訊/視訊通訊提供遠距醫療服務所產生的傳輸費用，在以 HCPCS 代碼 T1014（遠距醫療傳輸，每分鐘，專業服務單獨記帳）記帳時可獲補償。 (加州醫療保險提供者手冊：遠程醫療)