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What physicians need to make a telehealth program stand out

Sylvia Romm, MD, MPH
Physician
September 21, 2018

When I became a physician years ago, the idea of telehealth had barely taken hold among doctors or patients. Today, as we bask in the passage of the CHRONIC Care Act of 2017, we’re seeing dozens of use cases in stroke, emergent care, psychiatry and more that underscore telehealth’s potential.

Consumers are becoming increasingly digitally savvy too — and not just the millennials. Today, about one in five adults Read more…

What physicians need to make a telehealth program stand out

Telemedicine: A cure for physician burnout?

Sylvia Romm, MD, MPH
Physician
April 29, 2017

At the end of my daughter’s first week of preschool, she came home with a burning question: “Mom, my friend at school says that she has two days in a row when she and her mommy and daddy are all home at the same time. They call it a weekend. Will we ever have a weekend?”

I was floored. That simple question encapsulated the only life she had known as a …

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Telemedicine: A cure for physician burnout?

How many doctors does it take to read a hospital bill?

Sylvia Romm, MD, MPH
Physician
December 25, 2014

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Traveling to another country can be daunting. So when a friend of mine hosted a Russian college-aged student named Anna for a year so she could take English classes, I agreed to help out if she ever needed to navigate the American medical system. Anna had insurance provided through her program, and she was in good health, so I wasn’t too …

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