Virtual care: Choosing the right tool, at the right time

(American Academy of Family Physicians) Kumara Raja Sundar, MD, a family physician at Kaiser Permanente of Washington, uses two media synchronicity theory principles - conveyance and convergence - as a framework for choosing the right medium of care for his patients. In this essay, Sundar discusses how operating within this framework changed his own practice and decision making during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly with the use of telemedicine versus in-person clinic visits.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news