The Tell on Telehealth

Anup D. Patel, Charuta Joshi, Rohit Das, John M. Stern, Susan T. Herman, Barry E. Gidal

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Abstract

Objective: Telehealth in epilepsy care is not new. During the COVID-19 public health emergency, telehealth became more readily used to deliver epilepsy care. However, a summarized guidance of use in caring for people with epilepsy utilizing telehealth is needed. Methods: Existing literature was reviewed to provide guidance on various aspects of telehealth. Billing aspects are reviewed. Recommendations and considerations along with benefits and barriers to telehealth are provided. Results: Telehealth can be a preferred delivery route of care for people with epilepsy in specific situations. Examples include psychiatric complaints, medication management, and follow-up visits for noncomplicated epilepsy care. In addition, telehealth is useful for patients who need postoperative visits, are not able to travel, or live in residential facilities. In-person care may be more suitable for patients who are medically complex, have language barriers or difficulty with resource access, hearing impaired, or have neurostimulation devices where remote monitoring or programming options are infeasible. Discussion: Telehealth care for people with epilepsy can be a useful and important method of care delivery. It should remain an option for providers to use in epilepsy clinical care. It is important for the neurology provider to understand the benefits, billing, and barriers to providing telehealth.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)232-241
Number of pages10
JournalEpilepsy Currents
Volume24
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1 2024

Keywords

  • epilepsy
  • health care delivery
  • telehealth
  • telemedicine
  • teleneurology

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Clinical Neurology

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