ReviewCurrent transplantation reports2021
Telehealth Use by Living Kidney Donor Transplant Programs During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: a Practical Approach.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- Recommendations for Living Kidney Donor Follow-Up in Canada.Clinical transplantation · 2026Article
- Barriers and facilitators of integrating telemedicine services into routine kidney transplant patient care: a scoping review of qualitative research.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Hybrid Telemedicine and In-Person Care for Kidney Transplant Follow-Up: A Qualitative Study.Clinical transplantation · 2025Article
- Donor Perceptions and Preferences of Telemedicine and In-Person Visits for Living Kidney Donor Evaluation.Kidney international reports · 2024Article
- Impact of COVID-19 on Disease Self-management Among Patients With Advanced CKD: A Qualitative Study.Kidney medicine · 2023Article
- Long-Term Outcomes for Living Kidney Donors With Early Guideline-Concordant Follow-up Care: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Canadian journal of kidney health and disease · 2023Article
- Emergency department visits and hospital admissions in kidney transplant recipients during the COVID-19 pandemic: A hospital-based study.World journal of transplantation · 2022Article
- Telemedicine services for living kidney donation: A US survey of multidisciplinary providers.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2022Article
- The impact of COVID-19 on kidney transplant care.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Review
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Abstract
Purpose of Review: COVID-19 pandemic led to a decline in living kidney donor evaluations and transplants. This was due to concerns for donor and recipient safety, restrictions on elective cases, and diversion of staff and resources in centers with a higher incidence of COVID-19 infections. Telehealth was explored as a strategy to continue living donor evaluations during the pandemic, but faced barriers including restrictive physician licensing, reduced reimbursement, lack of infrastructure, prohibitive local policies, limited exam, and personal biases. This review highlights these barriers and potential solutions. Recent Findings: Telehealth usage in the transplant population improves medication adherence, reduces hospitalization rates for recipients, and makes living donor evaluation convenient. Transplant centers have implemented telehealth successfully for living kidney donor evaluations. Broad use of telemedicine will be possible only if policies support the changing landscape of healthcare delivery. Summary: Telehealth may increase access to timely kidney transplants by expediting living kidney donor evaluations. However, supportive infrastructure, regulatory policies, and reimbursement are needed to sustain access to telehealth for living kidney donor evaluation and care.
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