Contracting with health-care customers and specialists for the provision of telemedicine services across European borders: the TEN-Telemed legal project

Two generic contract models have been developed to resolve the legal and et hical issues that arise when contracting for telemedicine services across E urope. Model 1 relates to the risks and responsibilities of the expert prov iding the specialist opinion and the telemedicine service organization, whi le model 2 outlines the risks and responsibilities from the perspective of the client seeking the advice and (again) the telemedicine service organiza tion. These contracts express the legal rights and responsibilities of each of the parties involved.