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title: "The Doctor Will See You Now: Digital Health's Rise | Sutter Health"
description: "Sutter Health's Dr. Albert Chan discusses how telehealth has transformed access to care and what's next for digital health beyond the pandemic."
url: "https://vitals.sutterhealth.org/perspectives/the-doctor-will-see-you-now"
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# The Doctor Will See You Now

Sutter Health's Dr. Albert Chan discusses how telehealth has transformed access to care and what's next for digital health beyond the pandemic.

April 19, 2022 by Sutter Health

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Telehealth has skyrocketed and with good reason – it creates greater access to convenient care – benefitting patients and clinicians. In a recent edition of [Comstock’s](https://www.comstocksmag.com/longreads/doctor-will-see-you-now?sf163352610=1), Dr. Albert Chan, vice president and chief of digital health at Sutter Health, shares how digital health can continue transforming care beyond the pandemic.

## Topics

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