US hospitals and doctors' practices are bracing for a flood of coronavirus patients. For some, the arrival of the virus in the United States has touched off a scramble to adopt virtual medical services. Plus, it would allow health care workers who have to stay home but aren't very sick to continue providing care, albeit remotely. Both institutions have dramatically accelerated their plans to deploy virtual medical services, compressing programs that were intended to take years into just a few weeks. Second is the need to keep coronavirus patients isolated from others, including health care workers themselves.

Source: CNN March 14, 2020 14:48 UTC