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How the old-fashioned telephone could become a new way for some to see their doctor

  • Written by Kathleen Li, Emergency Medicine physician and Master's candidate in Health and Health Care Research, University of Michigan
How the old-fashioned telephone could become a new way for some to see their doctorAmy Blais, a telehealth nurse at HomeHealth Visiting Nurses in Saco, Maine. Derek Davis/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

Staying home to stay safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, patients and their doctors have embraced telemedicine. Prior to COVID-19, telehealth use was growing but represented a tiny percentage of all health care visits.

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