Variation in Telehealth Use for Patients With Incident Atrial Fibrillation Across the Veterans Health Administration: Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Telehealth is a potential tool to alleviate geographic clinician shortages, but there are limited data regarding current telehealth use for common cardiology conditions, including atrial fibrillation (AF).

Objective

We aimed to evaluate variation in telehealth use in primary care and cardiology clinics for patients with incident AF in the Veterans Health Administration.

Methods

We included patients diagnosed with AF in the outpatient setting between January 2022 and September 2023. We assessed the association between any video visit and any telehealth use (including phone) for primary care or cardiology visits within 90 days of an AF diagnosis, adjusting for selected patient- and facility-level characteristics using Bayesian logistic regression with facilit

SUBMITTER: Tisdale RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12605270 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature