id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-273926-7556mk88 Maheshwari, Kavish Virtual clinics: Need of the hour, a way forward in the future. Adapting practice during a healthcare crisis. 2020-05-17 .txt text/plain 616 35 59 title: Virtual clinics: Need of the hour, a way forward in the future. Virtual clinics: Need of the hour, a way forward in the future. There are no conflicts of interest Virtual clinics: Need of the hour, a way forward in the future. The whole concept of social distancing 2 and keeping people in self isolation has reduced footfall to the hospitals but this is affecting delivery of routine care to patients for other illnesses in the hospital and telehealth is an upcoming way to reduce the risk of cross contamination as well as reduce close contact without affecting the quality of health care delivered 3 . We have increased the use of these virtual clinics, with the onset of the novel Coronavirus pandemic, in order to reduce the patient footfall to our clinics. In order to achieve this, we have started virtual clinics for nearly all patients in order to triage patients that can do without having to come to the hospital for now. ./cache/cord-273926-7556mk88.txt ./txt/cord-273926-7556mk88.txt