Comparing Clinical Outcomes and Health Care Utilization: Telehealth Versus Traditional Care at US Rural Hemodialysis Units.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether novel dialysis delivery models, such as telehealth visits combined with face-to-face visits in a hybrid model (telehealth hybrid model), positively influence clinical outcomes and healthcare utilization.

Patients and methods

This retrospective cohort study compares the rates of emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and Medicare established hemodialysis quality metrics before and after implementation of a telehealth hybrid model focused among rural populations in regions served by the Mayo Clinic dialysis system between January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2020, versus face-to-face visits alone before implementation of the program from January 1, 2019, to December 31, 2019. In addition, we used a standardized anonymous survey to examine pat

SUBMITTER: Charkviani M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12320069 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature