MIDDLEBURY — Porter Medical Center has a client base of 16,000 adult and pediatric patients in Addison County. That’s a lot of potential patient visits during any given year. But what’s an ailing person to do when he or she has been ordered to self-isolate during a pandemic? The answer: Telehealth visits, through which patients receive remote, “virtual” checkups — through a phone and/or computer monitor — with their physician. Though not as ideal as an in-person visit, telehealth appointments are allowing p … (read more)