How telehealth care exploded due to COVID: What nurse researchers need to know

Ryan Spaulding^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Institute for Community Engagement, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA.
² Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA.
³ KU Center for Telemedicine & Telehealth (KUCTT), University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA.
⁴ School of Nursing, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA.
⁵ School of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA.
⁶ KUMC Heartland Frontier CTSA Faculty Research Career Grants, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA.

Editorial

Ryan Spaulding et al. Res Nurs Health. 2021 Feb.

. 2021 Feb;44(1):5-8.

doi: 10.1002/nur.22109. Epub 2021 Jan 19.

Ryan Spaulding^{1

2

3}, Carol E Smith^{4

5

6}

¹ Institute for Community Engagement, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA.
² Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA.
³ KU Center for Telemedicine & Telehealth (KUCTT), University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA.
⁴ School of Nursing, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA.
⁵ School of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA.
⁶ KUMC Heartland Frontier CTSA Faculty Research Career Grants, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that there are no conflict of interests.

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