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title: Village Medical at Home Sr. Medical Director Thomas Cornwell, MD on Caring for High-Risk Homebound Patients Through Virtual Visits
description: VILLAGE MEDICAL AT HOME SR. MEDICAL DIRECTOR THOMAS CORNWELL, MD ON CARING FOR HIGH RISK PATIENTS THROUGH VIRTUAL VISITS
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# [Village Medical at Home Sr. Medical Director Thomas Cornwell, MD on Caring for High-Risk Homebound Patients Through Virtual Visits](https://www.villagemd.com/news/village-medical-at-home-sr.-medical-director-thomas-cornwell-md-on-caring-for-high-risk-patients-through-virtual-visits)

 Written by [VillageMD](https://www.villagemd.com/news/author/villagemd) | Apr 14, 2020 9:18:40 PM

Senior Medical Director of Village Medical at Home and founder of Northwestern Medicine HomeCare Physicians, Thomas Cornwell, MD, spoke with ABC News on the importance of incorporating virtual visits into the care plans for high-risk homebound patients. "These are not healthy 80- to 85-year-olds. These are the highest of highest risk patients for COVID. And to me it would be devastating if you expose them to COVID and so we’re doing whatever we can to avoid that," said Cornwell.

[Read full story here.](https://abcnews.go.com/US/house-calls-drive-visits-independent-physicians-adapt-amid/story?id=70131146)

 

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