TY - JOUR
T1 - Virtual Visits for Care of Patients with Heart Failure in the Era of COVID-19
T2 - A Statement from the Heart Failure Society of America
AU - Gorodeski, Eiran Z.
AU - Goyal, Parag
AU - Cox, Zachary L.
AU - Thibodeau, Jennifer T.
AU - Reay, Rebecca E.
AU - Rasmusson, Kismet
AU - Rogers, Joseph G.
AU - Starling, Randall C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2020/6
Y1 - 2020/6
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cardfail.2020.04.008
DO - 10.1016/j.cardfail.2020.04.008
M3 - Article
C2 - 32315732
AN - SCOPUS:85083892862
SN - 1071-9164
VL - 26
SP - 448
EP - 456
JO - Journal of Cardiac Failure
JF - Journal of Cardiac Failure
IS - 6
ER -