Northwell Health, a New York health care system, is expanding a program to outfit coronavirus patients' rooms with two-way video calling devices that allow providers to check in with patients on video, rather than in person, according to an article on the CNN Business website.
The tool helps reduce providers' exposure to the virus. It could also cut down on the use of vital personal protective.
The video chat tool is just one in a number of healthcare applications for technology that have emerged or grown amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Hospitals have found other uses for video calling tools, too. Healthcare workers in Massachusetts attached iPads to IV poles to create makeshift video portals to communicate with patients in isolation rooms.
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