Lessons from walking the medical distancing tightrope.

Ian Jenkins; Meghan Sebasky; John Bell; Sarah Horman; Jonathan Hong; Dan Bouland; Greg Seymann

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Lessons from walking the medical distancing tightrope.

July 22, 2020

Jenkins I, Sebasky M, Bell J, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2020;46(9):542-545.

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This commentary describes one academic medical center’s approach to “medical distancing” to mitigate the risk of virus transmission for patients and healthcare workers, and the effects on both patient care and medical education.

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