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Telemedicine in the emergency department Jul 23, 2020 | By Jennifer O'Hara (@jenohara)
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Many rural, and other patients do not have access to high-speed internet service, rendering "telemedicine" useless!

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Jul 23, 2020

@mermaid7272, telemedicine also includes telephone consults. Even with high-speed internet, some people are not comfortable with technology or showing themselves on video or their home setting on the video. Thus telephone is always an option. You can read more about the different telemedicine methods people have used and how they have made them work for them and their setting in this discussion:

- Telemedicine: How to make the most of a virtual doctor visit https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/covid-19-telemedicine-its-a-brave-new-world/

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