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Outpatient Medicine in the Post-COVID-19 Era of Telemedicine

Richard L. Allman, MD, MS, FACP, FACR  |  Issue: October 2020  |  

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Note: This article is the opinion of the author and does not necessarily represent the views of the ACR or The Rheumatologist.

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