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|Articles|May 5, 2021
Limitations and advantages of telemedicine
Author(s)Drew Boxler, Logan Lutton
From ACP’s 2021 Internal Medicine Meeting.
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At the American College of Physicians (ACP) Internal Medicine Meeting 2021, Romela Petrosyan, MD, gave a presentation on how physicians can increase their skills administering physician exams via telemedicine.
Here are some of the limitations and advantages of using telemedicine:
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