The Stanford Presence Center, launched in 2015 by Dr. Abraham Verghese, is dedicated to the art and science of human connection. A central mission is to foster research, dialogue, and multidisciplinary collaboration to champion the human experience in medicine, and to produce measurable and meaningful change in health care.
Earlier this year, the Presence 5 team published evidence-based practices to help clinicians foster humanism during clinical encounters. In response to the challenges imposed by COVID-19, the team has now adapted the original Presence 5 practices for telemedicine. This video describes the Tele-Presence 5 practices.