NEJM Catalyst: Telehealth Isn’t Waiting

NEJM Catalyst: Telehealth Isn’t Waiting

This issue of NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery includes articles, case studies, and research reports on mpox teleconsulations, telehepatology, cancer telemedicine and remote care, the future of digital care, hospital readmissions, goals-of-care conversations, generic drugs, and health care jobs.

Inpatient Telehepatology at Community Hospitals: Expanding Access and Comanaging Complex Care: Raj Vuppalanchi, MD, and associates at Indiana University School of Medicine share how the Indiana University Health hepatology team, which is located at the health system’s academic health center, used virtual care to expand specialized hepatology to three community hospitals within the system. The program limited patient transfers to just 8% and was strongly supported by hepatology providers and hospitalists.
Digital Health Companions: Where Caregivers Can’t Go: Roy Schoenberg, MD, MPH, Executive Director, founder, and former CEO of telehealth company Amwell shares a commentary, envisioning the future of care delivery, undergirded by telehealth and informed by multiple data sources and artificial intelligence.