Impact Of Covid-19 Pandemic And Expansion Of Telemedicine On Palliative Care Utilization Among Patients Admitted With Heart Failure
The 2022 ACC/AHA/HFSA guidelines recommend integration of palliative care (PC) in heart failure (HF) management. Despite these recommendations, palliative care (PC) utilization remains suboptimal. It remains unclear how the evolution of telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic impacted PC delivery for the HF population. We sought to evaluate trends in telemedicine and in-person PC visits in the HF population during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Source: Journal of Cardiac Failure - Category: Cardiology Authors: Aleesha Kainat, Bradley Very, Ahmet Sezer, Floyd Thoma, Gavin Hickey Tags: 165 Source Type: research
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