Implementation of telemedicine was not a policy priority in Romania, although there were numerous small projects in place before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. In the context of rising infection rates, specific legislation issued during the state of emergency allowed family physicians and specialists to offer remote telephone or online consultations and this possibility remained in place for chronic patients even after the state of emergency was ended. In 2020 the main health care law (Law no. 95/2006 on Health Care Reform) was modified to provide the legislative framework for further development and use of telemedicine.
In September 2022, the implementation methodology for telemedicine was approved by Government Decision. It includes the list of eligible specialties and services that can be provided by the means of telemedicine, as well as the required conditions (that is, technology, skills, data transmission, information safety, documentation archiving, etc.). Further development of telemedicine and e-Health will be supported by the EU, within Romania’s Recovery and Resilience Plan.
More information (in Romanian):
https://legislatie.just.ro/Public/DetaliiDocument/259367
https://gov.ro/ro/stiri/unda-verde-de-la-comisia-europeana-pentru-pnrr&page=1