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Thanks to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services\' (CMS) suspension of restrictions on telehealth, remotely provided medical services have skyrocketed during the pandemic, accounting for 43 5 percent of Medicare primary care visits in April compared to 0 1 percent in February 2 \'Many practices realized that they could provide more services remotely,\' says Dr McGinty, who is also an associate professor of clinical radiology at Weill Cornell Medicine and chief strategy officer of Weill Cornell\'s Physician Organization in New York City An incident command center developed for that outbreak was relaunched for COVID-19 and has helped the system\'s seven hospitals across five counties track infection rates, and to coordinate patient care and resources, including beds, staff, and personal protective equipment According to Dr Steiner, the trailer will rotate across four Pennsylvania counties, starting in an underserved area where a fixed screening site has not been sustainable According to Dr Shrestha, centralized urgent care
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