ArticleHepatology (Baltimore, Md.)2020
Telemedicine in Liver Disease and Beyond: Can the COVID-19 Crisis Lead to Action?
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78 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 140 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Adoption of Digital Technologies in Health Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Systematic Review of Early Scientific Literature.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- Management of patients with liver derangement during the COVID-19 pandemic: an Asia-Pacific position statement.The lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2020Pooled it
- Resumption of activity in gastroenterology departments. Recommendations by SEPD, AEEH, GETECCU and AEG.Gastroenterologia y hepatologiaGuideline
- Leveraging an Electronic Consultation Program for a High-Volume Hepatology Clinic.Clinical and translational gastroenterology · 2026Article
- State-Level Geographic Disparities in Liver Transplant Access: Waitlist Outcome Patterns.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
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- Hepatology in the Digital Era: A Review of Telehealth Care for Liver Disease.Current gastroenterology reports · 2025Review
- Telemedicine in the tertiary liver unit: A feasibility study.Clinical and experimental hepatology · 2024Article
- Health care-related transportation insecurity is associated with adverse health outcomes among adults with chronic liver disease.Hepatology communications · 2024Article
- The Safety and Effectiveness of Telemedicine for Cancer-Related Colostomy Care in the Early Stage of Discharge: A Prospective, Randomized, Single-Center Study.Telemedicine reports · 2024Article
- Digital Health Innovations in the Battle against COVID-19: A Global Perspective.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The tragic paradoxical effect of telemedicine on healthcare disparities- a time for redemption: a narrative review.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2023Review
- High Satisfaction with Patient-Centered Telemedicine for Hepatitis C Virus Delivered to Substance Users: A Mixed-Methods Study.Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association · 2023Article
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- Survey of the Impact of COVID-19 on Chronic Liver Disease Patient Care Experiences and Outcomes.Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Evidence strongly supports that access to specialty gastroenterology or hepatology care in cirrhosis is associated with higher adherence to guideline-recommended care and improves clinical outcomes. Presently, only about one half of acute care hospitalizations for cirrhosis-related complications result in inpatient specialty care, and the current hepatology workforce cannot meet the demand of patients with liver disease nationwide, particularly in less densely populated areas and in community-based practices not affiliated with academic centers. Telemedicine, defined as the delivery of health care services at a distance using electronic means for diagnosis and treatment, holds tremendous promise to increase access to broadly specialty care. The technology is cheap and easy to use, although it is presently limited in scale by interstate licensing restrictions and reimbursement barriers. The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and coronavirus disease 2019 has, in the short term, accelerated the growth of telemedicine delivery as a public health and social distancing measure. Herein, we examine whether this public health crisis can accelerate the national conversation about broader adoption of telemedicine for routine medical care in non-crisis situations, using a case series from our telehepatology program as a pragmatic example.
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