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|Videos|September 18, 2020
Developing new patient communication strategies during and after the pandemic
Author(s)Tashfeen Ekram, MD, Drew Boxler
How physicians can adopt new communication strategies
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Tashfeen Ekram, MD, discusses how physicians can adopt new communication strategies as they continue to implement new telemedicine technologies into their practice.
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