Amid the coronavirus pandemic, tablets are an important measure to protect critical front-line providers from unnecessary face-to-face interactions with COVID-19 patients, while saving scarce personal protective equipment. Improving the ability for patients to communicate with their doctors remotely during this worldwide emergency can ultimately save lives. By deploying devices that are not integrated with complex electronic health records and are simple to use for virtual visits — as easy as tapping a patient’s room number on the tablet — we helped providers embrace the process and technology quickly. While the primary goal of the change was to protect healthcare workers from infected patients, the ease of logging on virtually means providers and specialists are checking in with patients more frequently. For the patients, seeing their physician and other care providers without the “alien” appearance of the mask, face shield, goggles, and gown has been comforting, too. It allows for more relaxed conversations because everyone can read facial expressions that facilitate human and empathetic care at the bedside. Healthcare workers are also able to loop in family members on video conferences, which can keep otherwise isolated patients connected and help with difficult care conversations. The technology also can virtually bring in specialists, palliative care teams, and translators, all without the exposure risk of a typical in-person encounter.