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. 2022 Spring;17(2):95-99.
doi: 10.5055/ajdm.2022.0423.

The telehealth advantage: Supporting humanitarian disasters with remote solutions

Shuhan He  1 , Sammer Marzouk  2 , Adi Balk  3 , Tehnaz Boyle  4 , Jarone Lee  5
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The telehealth advantage: Supporting humanitarian disasters with remote solutions

Shuhan He et al. Am J Disaster Med. 2022 Spring.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest/disclosure statements: JL is a founder of Health Tech Without Borders; TB serves on the advisory board of Health Tech Without Borders. TB receives grant funding from the National Institutes of Health and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response in the US Department of Health and Human Services for development and testing of telehealth systems for emergency and disaster response; Unrelated to this manuscript, JL consults for Butterfly Network, Inc. and has grant support from Beckman Coulter, Inc. and Nihon-Kohden Corporation and serves on the Advisory Board of Covid Act Now; SH serves on the Advisory Board of Covid Act Now, Safeter.App, and is the co-Founder of ConductScience Inc. SH receives research funding from the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE), personal fees from Boston Globe, Maze Eng Inc, the American College of Emergency Physicians, Withings Inc, Conduct Science Inc, Curative Medical Associates, and VIO Med Spa New England; SM, AB report no conflicts of interest.

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