Telemedicine during COVID- 19: features of legal regulation in the field of administrative liability for errors committed by medical institutions

In telemedicine practice, medical errors may entail administrative liability comparable to that in traditional medical cases, though with additional qualifying characteristics.In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, medical institutions of various forms of ownership engaged in telemedicine are equally liable for errors and deficiencies in the delivery of medical services as they are in conventional patient care.Typical instances of such liability include violations of medical standards, insufficient assessment of the patient’s condition, failure to uphold patient rights such as confidentiality and data protection, inadequate training of personnel, and issues related to technical support or other non-medical factors.The legal classification of offenses arising from errors committed by medical institutions or their employees is complicated by challenges in the evidentiary process and the requirement for specialized medical examinations to confirm the occurrence of an error and/or to determine culpability or exoneration.