Electronic Consultations (eConsults) for Safe and Equitable Coordination of Virtual Outpatient Specialty Care

Michelle S. Lee; Vinod E. Nambudiri

doi:10.1055/s-0040-1719181

Applied Clinical Informatics, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Appl Clin Inform 2020; 11(05): 821-824
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1719181

Special Section on Care Transition

Electronic Consultations (eConsults) for Safe and Equitable Coordination of Virtual Outpatient Specialty Care

Michelle S. Lee

¹Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

²Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Vinod E. Nambudiri

¹Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

²Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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