Telehealth Expansion During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond
Hanna B Demeke1, Erica Umeakunne
1Hanna B. Demeke is a nurse epidemiologist in the Division of Global HIV/TB, Center for Global Health, at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, where at the time of this writing, Erica Umeakunne was a nurse consultant in the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Centers for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases. Contact author: Hanna B. Demeke, mln7@cdc.gov . The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the CDC.
Abstract:
Information and resources for health care providers.
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