Virtual Visits for Care of Patients with Heart Failure in the Era of COVID-19: A Statement from the Heart Failure Society of America. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, US federal and state governments have implemented wide-ranging stay-at-home recommendations as a means to reduce spread of infection. As a consequence, many US healthcare systems and practices have curtailed ambulatory clinic visits-pillars of care for patients with heart failure (HF). In this context, synchronous audio/video interactions, also known as virtual visits (VVs), have emerged as an innovative and necessary alternative. This scientific statement outlines the benefits and challenges of VVs, enumerates changes in policy and reimbursement that have increased the feasibility of VVs during the COVID-19 era, describes platforms and models of care for VVs, and provides a vision for the future of VVs.

publication date

  • April 18, 2020

Research

keywords

  • Ambulatory Care
  • Betacoronavirus
  • Coronavirus Infections
  • Heart Failure
  • Pneumonia, Viral
  • Telemedicine

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC7166039

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85083892862

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.cardfail.2020.04.008

PubMed ID

  • 32315732

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 26

issue

  • 6