Virtual Visits for Care of Patients with Heart Failure in the Era of COVID-19: A Statement from the Heart Failure Society of America
Virtual Visits for Care of Patients with Heart Failure in the Era of COVID-19: A Statement from the Heart Failure Society of America
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DOI：
10.1016/j.cardfail.2020.04.008
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发表时间：
2020-06-01
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6
通讯作者：
Starling, Randall C.
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作者：
Gorodeski, Eiran Z.;Goyal, Parag;Starling, Randall C.
为了应对新冠肺炎疫情，美国联邦和州政府实施了范围广泛的居家建议，以此作为减少感染传播的一种手段。因此，许多美国医疗系统和做法减少了门诊就诊-心力衰竭(HF)患者的护理支柱。在这种情况下，同步音频/视频交互，也称为虚拟访问(VVS)，已成为一种创新和必要的替代方案。这一科学声明概述了VVS的好处和挑战，列举了政策和报销方面的变化，这些变化增加了VVS在新冠肺炎时代的可行性，描述了VVS的护理平台和模式，并对VVS的未来进行了展望。
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, US federal and state governments have implemented wide-ranging stay-at-home recommendations as a means to reduce spread of infection. As a consequence, many US healthcare systems and practices have curtailed ambulatory clinic visits-pillars of care for patients with heart failure (HF). In this context, synchronous audio/video interactions, also known as virtual visits (VVs), have emerged as an innovative and necessary alternative. This scientific statement outlines the benefits and challenges of VVs, enumerates changes in policy and reimbursement that have increased the feasibility of VVs during the COVID-19 era, describes platforms and models of care for VVs, and provides a vision for the future of VVs.