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Original Research: Quality, Health Care Delivery, and Financing

Formalizing the curbside: digitally enhancing access to specialty care

Camille Bradleya Baylor Scott and White Health Family Medicine Lakewood, Dallas, Texas, USACorrespondence[email protected]
ORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0009-0009-4279-4279
, MDORCID Icon,
LaPortia Smithb Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Round Rock, Round Rock, Texas, USA
, MD,
Kenneth Youensc Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Temple, Temple, Texas, USA
, MD,
Bobbie Ann Adair Whited Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, Boston, Massachusetts, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1408-3383
, EdDORCID Icon &
Glen Couchmane Department of Family Medicine, Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Temple, Temple, Texas, USA
, MD
Pages 716-720 | Received 31 Mar 2023, Accepted 17 Jul 2023, Published online: 03 Aug 2023

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