Remote Care Adoption in Underserved Congenital Heart Disease Patients During the COVID-19 Era.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic restricted in-person appointments and prompted an increase in remote healthcare delivery. Our goal was to assess access to remote care for complex pediatric cardiology patients. We performed a retrospective chart review of Texas Children's Hospital (TCH) pediatric cardiology outpatient appointments from March 2020 to December 2020 for established congenital heart disease (CHD) patients 1 to 17 yo. Primary outcome variables were remote care use of telemedicine and patient portal activation. Primary predictor variables were age, sex, insurance, race/ethnicity, language, and location. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze patient demographics. Multivariate logistic regression determined associations with remote care use (p < 0.05). We identified 5,410 established p

SUBMITTER: Vaughan RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9786515 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature