Cardiovascular Business October 22, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic showed that telehealth can safely and confidently be used by a large health system to treat heart failure (HF) patients, according to new data published in JACC: Heart Failure.
“HF is a particularly important disease for which to examine the impact of telehealth, as it is a chronic condition necessitating continual assessment of symptoms, health status, and medication adjustment,” wrote lead author Yasser Sammour, MD, a cardiology resident at the University of Missouri Kansas City, and colleagues. “Moreover, patients with HF are a particularly vulnerable population for complications related to COVID-19 infection, including critical illness and mortality.”
Sammour et al. examined the experience of a large U.S. system serving patients in both Kansas and Missouri. In March...
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