The New Role of Telehealth in Contemporary Medicine.
Curr Cardiol Rep
; 24(3): 271-275, 2022 03.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1712339
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE OF REVIEW Understand the current uses for telehealth as well as future directions as it relates to the COVID-19 pandemic and cardiovascular medicine. RECENT FINDINGS:
Telehealth interventions in various forms have proven to be efficacious in the management of obesity, hypertension, glycemic control in diabetes, hyperlipidemia, medication adherence, and ICU length of stay and mortality. The use and study of such interventions have been greatly expanded during the pandemic partly due to the expanded coverage by payers. However, heterogenous interventions and a relative lack of cost analyses are barriers to more widespread adoption. Telehealth has proven efficacy for modifying risk factors for cardiovascular disease. To date, this has not been shown to translate to a reduction in hard cardiovascular endpoints such as mortality. With ongoing research and expanded funding, the role of telehealth is likely to evolve as the COVID pandemic continues.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Telemedicine
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Curr Cardiol Rep
Journal subject:
Cardiology
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S11886-022-01640-5
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