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Telemedicine is a rapidly expanding field. This is due in part it today’s climate of advancing technology, combined with increasing demand for contactless communication in the context of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Much has been written on the role of telemedicine in outpatient medical settings, with its ability to reach both rural areas without access to specialists and people at risk of contracting COVID-19. This chapter will examine its in patient role.

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    Charit Fares

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Fares, C., Malone, M. (2022). Virtual Hospital Medicine. In: Conrad, K. (eds) Clinical Approaches to Hospital Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95164-1_12

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