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Hollander: Fix telehealth infrastructure—or America will be just as unprepared for the next pandemic
By Matthew Bin Han Ong
As U.S. health systems switch to telehealth to connect with patients—via phone calls and online video conferencing—during the COVID-19 pandemic, providers are quickly learning that the lack of a national infrastructure for telehealth is making it difficult to reach patients.
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