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Howard Brown Health doctor Alfred Torrence treats patients statewide from his North Side home. He said telehealth’s expansion during the pandemic allows them to treat LGBTQ patients that may be far off from an affirming provider, people with disabilities and those who don’t have reliable transportation.

Katherine Nagasawa

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Howard Brown Health doctor Alfred Torrence treats patients statewide from his North Side home. He said telehealth’s expansion during the pandemic allows them to treat LGBTQ patients that may be far off from an affirming provider, people with disabilities and those who don’t have reliable transportation.

Katherine Nagasawa

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Howard Brown Health doctor Alfred Torrence treats patients statewide from his North Side home. He said telehealth’s expansion during the pandemic allows them to treat LGBTQ patients that may be far off from an affirming provider, people with disabilities and those who don’t have reliable transportation.

Katherine Nagasawa
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Dr. Luke Neill, medical director of the Hospital at Home program, Northwestern Medicine

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