TY - JOUR
T1 - An Overview of Telehealth in the Management of Cardiovascular Disease
T2 - A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association
AU - Takahashi, Edwin A.
AU - Schwamm, Lee H.
AU - Adeoye, Opeolu M.
AU - Alabi, Olamide
AU - Jahangir, Eiman
AU - Misra, Sanjay
AU - Still, Carolyn H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. All rights reserved.
PY - 2022/12/20
Y1 - 2022/12/20
N2 - Telehealth enables the remote delivery of health care through telecommunication technologies and has substantially affected the evolving medical landscape. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the utilization of telehealth as health care professionals were forced to limit face-to-face in-person visits. It has been shown that information delivery, diagnosis, disease monitoring, and follow-up care can be conducted remotely, resulting in considerable changes specific to cardiovascular disease management. Despite increasing telehealth utilization, several factors such as technological infrastructure, reimbursement, and limited patient digital literacy can hinder the adoption of remote care. This scientific statement reviews definitions pertinent to telehealth discussions, summarizes the effect of telehealth utilization on cardiovascular and peripheral vascular disease care, and identifies obstacles to the adoption of telehealth that need to be addressed to improve health care accessibility and equity.
AB - Telehealth enables the remote delivery of health care through telecommunication technologies and has substantially affected the evolving medical landscape. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the utilization of telehealth as health care professionals were forced to limit face-to-face in-person visits. It has been shown that information delivery, diagnosis, disease monitoring, and follow-up care can be conducted remotely, resulting in considerable changes specific to cardiovascular disease management. Despite increasing telehealth utilization, several factors such as technological infrastructure, reimbursement, and limited patient digital literacy can hinder the adoption of remote care. This scientific statement reviews definitions pertinent to telehealth discussions, summarizes the effect of telehealth utilization on cardiovascular and peripheral vascular disease care, and identifies obstacles to the adoption of telehealth that need to be addressed to improve health care accessibility and equity.
KW - AHA Scientific Statements
KW - cardiovascular diseases
KW - health services accessibility
KW - telemedicine
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U2 - 10.1161/CIR.0000000000001107
DO - 10.1161/CIR.0000000000001107
M3 - Review article
C2 - 36373541
AN - SCOPUS:85144589343
SN - 0009-7322
VL - 146
SP - E558-E568
JO - Circulation
JF - Circulation
IS - 25
ER -