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  • Patient, Provider Safety Paramount During Pandemic: Telehealth Benefits Are Numerous

    Patient, Provider Safety Paramount During Pandemic: Telehealth Benefits Are Numerous

    Evolving Standards of Care

      By Mary Jo Fidler, MD Posted: June 10, 2020 Healthcare systems in the United States have been slow to adopt telehealth, in part, due to regulatory limitations, patient privacy concerns, and less reimbursement potential.1 However, at the same time, there has been an enormous effort to incorporate electronic health records (EHR) driven by programs…


  • Telehealth Successes and Challenges

    Telehealth Successes and Challenges

    Evolving Standards of Care

    Posted: June 9, 2020 Across specialties, COVID-19 has resulted in increased patient anxiety and decreased in-person appointments. The rapid uptake of telehealth has, for some, widened disparity gaps and been an obstacle in maintaining patient–physician relationships; for others, telehealth has presented an opportunity to provide consistent long-term care to patients in the safety and comfort…