Preparing rural care teams for AI can strengthen care without replacing clinical judgement.
|Videos|July 23, 2020
Why virtual visits can be more tiring for doctors than in-person visits
Author(s)Jeff Bendix, Senior Editor, Logan Lutton
Kurt Stange, MD, says many physicians find they have to work harder to project their humanity to patients during virtual visits than when they see them in person.
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Kurt Stange, MD, says many physicians find they have to work harder to project their humanity to patients during virtual visits than when they see them in person.
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