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01-09-2020 | COVID-19 | Concise Research Report
Telemedicine and COVID-19: an Observational Study of Rapid Scale Up in a US Academic Medical System
Authors:
Carol J. Peden, MD, Sirisha Mohan, MD, Veronica Pagán, MPH
Published in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Issue 9/2020
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Excerpt
The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged health systems in many ways. One positive change may be a dramatic increase in telemedicine use. Health care systems have been moving to provide virtual care for some time, but progress has been slow.
1‐4 We describe how, in a large academic medical system with a high case mix index and diverse racial profile, we dramatically scaled up our slowly growing telemedicine program within a few weeks. We provide information on lessons learnt and patient experience. …