Outpatient Management of Heart Failure During the COVID-19 Pandemic After Adoption of a Telehealth Model.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study sought to determine whether the increased use of telehealth was associated with a difference in outcomes for outpatients with heart failure.

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic led to dramatic changes in the delivery of outpatient care. It is unclear whether increased use of telehealth affected outcomes for outpatients with heart failure.

Methods

In March 2020, a large Midwestern health care system, encompassing 16 cardiology clinics, 16 emergency departments, and 12 hospitals, initiated a telehealth-based model for outpatient care in the setting of the COVID-19 pandemic. A propensity-matched analysis was performed to compare outcomes between outpatients seen in-person in 2018 and 2019 and via telemedicine in 2020.

Results

Among 8,263 unique

SUBMITTER: Sammour Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8494054 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature