1. Implementation of telemedicine in the care of patients with aortic dissection
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Thamanna Nishath, Katie Wright, Christopher R. Burke, Xiaoyi Teng, Novelett Cotter, Jeniann A. Yi, Laura M. Drudi, Melanie Case, Novelett E. Cotter, Carmen C. David, Mark Fasano, Richard Goldenberg, Jake Howitt, Timo T. Söderlund, Debra Trotter, Asaf Rabin, Mattie Boehler-Tatman, Melissa L. Russo, Laura Marie Drudi, Laura L. Marks, Maisoon D. Yousif, Tabea Hoffstaetter, Ella Taubenfeld, Sreekanth Vemulapalli, Chrisanne S. Campos, Lindsey Rusche, Robert C.F. Pena, Firas F. Mussa, Gretchen MacCarrick, Earl Goldsborough, Christeen Samuel, Lillian Xu, Nicolas J. Mouawad, Eanas S. Yassa, Amani Politano, Jesse Teindl, Lara Bloom, Rebecca Gluck, Meredith Ford O'Neal, Josephine Grima, Eileen Masciale, Takeyoshi Ota, Katelyn Wright, Alan J. Hakim, Gareth Owens, George J. Arnaoutakis, Dejah Judelson, Mario D'Oria, Lurdes del Rio-Sola, Mark Ajalat, Marvin Chau, Stephanie D. Talutis, Karen Woo, Max V. Wohlauer, JeniannA. Yi, Kim A. Eagle, Marion A. Hofmann Bowman, Eva Kline-Rogers MS, Hyein Kim, Claudine Henoud, Scott Damrauer, Emilia Krol, Rana O. Afifi, Alana C. Cecchi, Madeline Drake, Anthony Estrera, Avery M Hebert, Dianna M. Milewicz, Siddharth K. Prakash, Aaron W. Roberts, Harleen Sandhu, Akili Smith-Washington, Akiko Tanaka, Jacob Watson, Myra Ahmad, Catherine M. Albright, Peter H. Byers, L'Oreal Kennedy, Sarah O. Lawrence, Jenney R. Lee, Jonathan Medina, Julie Pham, Courtney Segal, Sherene Shalhub, Michael Soto, Linell Catalan, Megan Patterson, and Nicole Ilonzo
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Aortic Dissection ,COVID-19 ,Humans ,Surgery ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,Pandemics ,Telemedicine ,Specialties, Surgical - Abstract
Telemedicine uses telephone-based or any form of digital communication for remote clinical services. It has been a field of interest for the last century, with broader implementation of telemedicine technologies during the last 25 years. The COVID-19 pandemic was an impetus for the adoption of these technologies globally across all health care services, including patient care, surgical practice, and workflow. As part of the patient engagement work in the Aortic Dissection Collaborative, this topic was identified as an important patient-centered research topic. Telemedicine has been adopted increasingly in vascular surgery; however, there is little evidence on appropriate use of these technologies pertaining to treating patients with aortic dissection or aortopathy in general. This landscape review summarizes the uses of telemedicine applications pre and post pandemic in medicine and vascular surgery, with a particular focus on uses in aortopathy. Using common resource databases, we identified articles related to the history of telemedicine, its current utilization, and application to vascular surgery and/or aortopathy. We briefly review the history of telemedicine and illustrate a range of applications in medicine before the pandemic, along with its rapid uptake globally during the COVID-19 pandemic. The enablers and barriers to using telemedicine are explored, although as a whole there is satisfaction with its integration among patients and providers. To address these, we offer recommendations to address future research as it pertains to telemedicine technologies in aortic dissection.
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- 2022
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