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# How virtual care can be refined to reach those who need it most

CHIME's Russ Branzell discusses how telehealth's rapid pandemic growth can be refined to reach the patients who need accessible virtual care the most.

October 16, 2020 by Sutter Health

There’s no doubt that telehealth has proven to be an integral tool to keeping healthcare accessible amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Telehealth has continued to grow and has continued to really set the pace” for digital innovation, said CHIME president and CEO Russ Branzell. Though the coronavirus crisis has certainly sped up that process, he said, the foundation for such growth has been laid overtime by digital health leaders.

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