JACC Heart Failure: Assessing Telehealth for the Outpatient Management of Heart Failure
A recent study found that telehealth for outpatients with heart failure allowed for distanced encounters without increases in subsequent acute care or death. Researchers recommend using standardized assessments before outpatient visits to help triage patients with heart failure to telehealth or in-person visits. They also advise clinicians to consider patient preferences because many people with heart failure are frail or live far away from the clinic, making telehealth visits more appealing. Telehealth may be especially useful in the outpatient management of patients with heart failure who have stable symptoms.