Telemedicine in Heart Failure during COVID-19: Like it, Love It or Lose It?

The onset of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) led to social distancing and stay-at-home recommendations to slow a surge in cases. Many hospitals and ambulatory medical services abruptly halted usual care services to participate in social distancing and prepare for intensive care admissions. Slowing of office services meant that providers of patients with chronic heart failure (HF) needed to find new ways to communicate with and manage patients since up to 90% of patients have symptoms, and at any time, over 30% have New York Heart Association functional class III or IV symptoms.
Source: Heart and Lung - Category: Intensive Care Authors: Source Type: research