Successful implementation of telehealth visits in the paediatric heart failure and heart transplant population.
Neha BansalNikita D'SouzaBethany L WisotzkeyErin AlbersRenata ShihVernat ExilMelissa McQueenJoseph P HillenburgEstela AzekaSabrina LawDavid M PengMatthew O'ConnorRobert GajarskiChristina VanderpluymAngela LortsAliessa BarnesMelanie SojkaMaria BanoMegan KeatingDavid N RosenthalJennifer ConwayKatie SchroederDeipanjan NandiPublished in: Cardiology in the young (2023)
The Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes Network (ACTION) and Pediatric Heart Transplant Society (PHTS) convened a working group at the beginning of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the aim of using telehealth as an alternative medium to provide quality care to a high-acuity paediatric population receiving advanced cardiac therapies. An algorithm was developed to determine appropriateness, educational handouts were developed for both patients and providers, and post-visit surveys were collected. Telehealth was found to be a viable modality for health care delivery in the paediatric heart failure and transplant population and has promising application in the continuity of follow-up, medication titration, and patient education/counselling domains.
Keyphrases
- heart failure
- healthcare
- left ventricular
- quality improvement
- intensive care unit
- emergency department
- end stage renal disease
- atrial fibrillation
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- primary care
- case report
- palliative care
- type diabetes
- machine learning
- deep learning
- patient reported outcomes
- acute heart failure
- skeletal muscle
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- adipose tissue
- patient reported
- weight loss