COVID-19  September 13, 2020

Telemedicine may survive pandemic

A vaccine may cause the COVID-19 pandemic to fall into the past, but some changes are likely to continue. Among them: telemedicine.

The Denver Post reported in an Associated Press story that telemedicine — the practice of doctors conferring with patients electronically instead of in person — may continue once health care strikes a balance on issues such as cost, quality, insurance fraud and reaching marginalized populations.

 

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