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How my patients’ Zoom backgrounds made me a better doctor

Joseph Barrera, MD
Physician
October 2, 2023

In May 2020, I wrote a piece published on this very website titled, “Remembering the art of medicine during virtual visits.” In that article, I wondered how telemedicine could possibly allow us to make the humanistic connection that occurs more organically during in-person office visits. Now, more than three years later, and after hundreds of telehealth visits, my patients have shown me how.

In December 2020, one of the bleakest …

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How my patients’ Zoom backgrounds made me a better doctor

Remember the art of medicine during virtual visits

Joseph Barrera, MD
Physician
May 21, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis has forced upon us the rapid adoption of telemedicine with all its advantages and flaws. It has certainly allowed physicians to evaluate patients safely and to assess them while continuing to allow them to physically distance. It many cases, it has allowed for the recognition of an exacerbation of a chronic illness that the patient had otherwise neglected, fearful that leaving their home and going of all …

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