Using a Real-Time Locating System to Evaluate the Impact of Telemedicine in an Emergency Department During COVID-19: Observational Study

• Main Authors: Birju Patel (Author), Stacie Vilendrer (Author), Samantha M R Kling (Author), Ian Brown (Author), Ryan Ribeira (Author), Matthew Eisenberg (Author), Christopher Sharp (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundTelemedicine has been deployed by health care systems in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to enable health care workers to provide remote care for both outpatients and inpatients. Although it is reasonable to suspect telemedicine visits limit unnecessary personal contact and thus decrease...