Ensuring primary care diagnostic quality in the era of telemedicine.

Joel Steven Willis; Carl Tyler; Gordon D Schiff; Katherine Schreiner

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Ensuring primary care diagnostic quality in the era of telemedicine.

October 27, 2021

Willis JS, Tyler C, Schiff GD, et al. Am J Med. 2021;134(9):1101-1103.

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Telemedicine has become a more accepted care mode due to the COVID pandemic and general rural care access issues. This commentary suggests a 5-part framework for examining patient, physician, technological, clinical and health system influences on care management decisions that affect the safety of telediagnosis in primary care.

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