Medscape March 24, 2020
The test-driven world of cardiovascular medicine is rapidly shifting to remote hands-off telemedicine to keep patients and their physicians safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
During a recent telehealth webinar, Ami Bhatt, MD, director of the adult congenital heart disease program, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, said they’ve gone from seeing 400 patients a day in their clinic to less than 40 and are trying to push that number even lower and use virtual care as much as possible.
“The reason is we are having to send home physicians who are exposed and it’s cutting into our workforce very quickly. So the more people you could have at home doing work virtually is important because you’re going to need to call...
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