Telemedicine in pediatric cardiology: pros and cons.
Curr Opin Pediatr
; 34(5): 484-490, 2022 10 01.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35983842
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE OF REVIEW The aim of this article is to review recent uses of telemedicine in pediatric cardiology, highlighting merits, challenges, and future directions. RECENT FINDINGS:
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated telemedicine use, which has had a positive impact with respect to providers, patients, and their caregivers. Recent data have demonstrated the feasibility and effectiveness of telemedicine through expediting needed care and reducing healthcare utilization, including unnecessary emergency department visits, transports, and hospitalizations. With increasing complexity of cardiac care, telecardiology allows for establishing a medical home, improving access, and continuity of care. Great potential also exists for telecardiology to permit more consistent preventive care, possibly resulting in improved health equity, reduced morbidity and mortality, and associated costs. Challenges to optimal implementation of telecardiology, which are all surmountable, include the currently unaccounted additional workload and administrative burden, licensing restrictions, disparities in access to care, insurance reimbursement, and potential fraud and abuse.SUMMARY:
Telecardiology allows for efficient, quality, effective, collaborative care and is foundational to creating innovative, high-value care models. Through integration with accelerating technology and in-person visits, a sustainable hybrid model of optimal care can be achieved. Addressing barriers to progress in telecardiology is critical.
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Eixos temáticos:
Inovacao_tecnologica
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Cardiologia
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Telemedicina
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COVID-19
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Child
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2022
Tipo de documento:
Article