Frequency and Predictors of Virtual Visits in Patients With Heart Failure Within a Large Health System: Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Virtual care interventions have the potential to improve access to care and serial medication intensification for patients with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). However, concerns remain that these interventions might unintentionally create or widen existing disparities in care delivery and patient outcomes.

Objective

This study aimed to characterize the health care use patterns of patients who have HFrEF, including specialty type and frequency of in-person and virtual visits.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients with HFrEF within a large health system. Inclusion criteria were patients alive with an ejection fraction ≤40% as of September 1, 2021, and at least one virtual or in-person outpatient visit to a

SUBMITTER: Maw AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12501900 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature