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Cara Litvin is an internal medicine physician.

Do we still need the traditional office visit?

Cara Litvin, MD
Physician
June 18, 2021

Like many primary care practices, after a hasty transition to a year of phone calls and video visits, my practice is slowly transitioning back to “normal,” meaning that we are now seeing more patients in person than by video. However, as I reflect on the past year, I wonder how central this notion of the “in-person office visit” is to the delivery of primary care.

One of the unanticipated consequences of …

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Do we still need the traditional office visit?

Envisioning the delivery of true primary care telehealth

Cara Litvin, MD
Tech
August 6, 2020

Almost overnight, the COVID-19 pandemic has completely disrupted how we deliver primary care to patients. Before the pandemic, telehealth seemed to be a way to deliver urgent care for acute issues to a select group of tech-savvy patients. Now, at least in my practice, the majority of primary care (acute care, chronic disease management, and preventive care) is being delivered through “telehealth,” meaning that we conduct visits virtually via video …

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Envisioning the delivery of true primary care telehealth

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