Fig 1.
Historical phases of telemedicine development in Brazil.
MoH—Ministry of Health. a Although the Expansion/Maturation phase extends to the present day, data collection was completed in December 2018.
Table 1.
Categories used in classifying the purposes of telemedicine-related federal legislations and regulations in Brazil.
Fig 2.
Telemedicine-related federal legislation according to historical phases in Brazil, 1990-2018a.
a The period studied spanned from 1990 to 2018, but no legislation was found until 2000.
Fig 3.
Telemedicine-related federal legislation according purpose, 2000- 2018a.
a The period studied corresponds to 1990 to 2018, but no legislation was found until 2000.
Table 2.
Telemedicine-related regulations of federal professional councils according to their purpose, 1990 to 2018.
Fig 4.
Diagram of advocacy coalitions for telemedicine policy in the Brazilian Health Sector, 1990–2018.
WHO, World Health Organization; TISS–Troca de Informações na Saúde Suplementar is the Exchange of Information in the Health Insurance and Plans; MoH, Ministry of Health.