When health care moves online, many patients are left behind.

Marion Renault

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When health care moves online, many patients are left behind.

June 17, 2020

Renault M. Wired Online. 2020;(June 8, 2020).

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The emergence of telemedicine as a primary mode of health care delivery in response to the COVID-19 pandemic is seen as a tool to improve safety and access, yet gaps in access to the requisite technologies exist. This article examines how technological limitations present safety issues to patients, such as unreliable access to personal computers, cell phones and robust internet connections.

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