Telemedicine and the Forgotten America

Howard M Julien^{1

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3}, Lauren A Eberly^{1

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3}, Srinath Adusumalli^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (H.M.J, L.A.E., S.A.).
² Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA (H.M.J.).
³ Center for Cardiovascular Equity and Justice, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (H.M.J., L.A.E., S.A.).
⁴ Penn Cardiovascular Outcomes, Quality, and Evaluative Research Center, Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (L.A.E., S.A.).
⁵ Office of the Chief Medical Information Officer, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia (S.A.).

Review

Howard M Julien et al. Circulation. 2020.

. 2020 Jul 28;142(4):312-314.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.048535. Epub 2020 Jun 11.

Howard M Julien^{1

2

3}, Lauren A Eberly^{1

4

3}, Srinath Adusumalli^{1

4

5

3}

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (H.M.J, L.A.E., S.A.).
² Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA (H.M.J.).
³ Center for Cardiovascular Equity and Justice, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (H.M.J., L.A.E., S.A.).
⁴ Penn Cardiovascular Outcomes, Quality, and Evaluative Research Center, Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (L.A.E., S.A.).
⁵ Office of the Chief Medical Information Officer, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia (S.A.).

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; pandemics; rural population; telemedicine.

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