The Future of Telemedicine in the Management of Heart Failure Patients

Telemedicine (TM) is potentially a way of escalating heart failure (HF) multidisciplinary integrated care. Despite the initial efforts to implement TM in HF management, we are still at an early stage of its implementation. The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic led to an increased utilisation of TM....

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Main Authors: José Silva-Cardoso, José Ramón González Juanatey, Josep Comin-Colet, José Maria Sousa, Ana Cavalheiro, Emília Moreira
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Language:English
Published: Radcliffe Medical Media 2021-05-01
Series:Cardiac Failure Review
Online Access:https://www.cfrjournal.com/articleindex/cfr.2020.32
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author José Silva-Cardoso
José Ramón González Juanatey
Josep Comin-Colet
José Maria Sousa
Ana Cavalheiro
Emília Moreira
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description Telemedicine (TM) is potentially a way of escalating heart failure (HF) multidisciplinary integrated care. Despite the initial efforts to implement TM in HF management, we are still at an early stage of its implementation. The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic led to an increased utilisation of TM. This tendency will probably remain after the resolution of this threat. Face-to-face medical interventions are gradually transitioning to the virtual setting by using TM. TM can improve healthcare accessibility and overcome geographic inequalities. It promotes healthcare system efficiency gains, and improves patient self-management and empowerment. In cooperation with human intervention, artificial intelligence can enhance TM by helping to deal with the complexities of multicomorbidity management in HF, and will play a relevant role towards a personalised HF patient approach. Artificial intelligence-powered/telemedical/heart team/multidisciplinary integrated care may be the next step of HF management. In this review, the authors analyse TM trends in the management of HF patients and foresee its future challenges within the scope of HF multidisciplinary integrated care.
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spelling doaj-art-631139a55d2144bfa975488aa8d1e3182025-08-20T01:56:38ZengRadcliffe Medical MediaCardiac Failure Review2057-75402057-75592021-05-01710.15420/cfr.2020.32The Future of Telemedicine in the Management of Heart Failure PatientsJosé Silva-Cardoso0José Ramón González Juanatey1Josep Comin-Colet2José Maria Sousa3Ana Cavalheiro4Emília Moreira5Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; São João University Hospital Centre, Porto, Portugal; CINTESIS, Centre for Health Technology and Services Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, PortugalSantiago de Compostela University Hospital, Santiago de Compostela, SpainBio-Heart Cardiovascular Diseases Research Group, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; Community Heart Failure Program, Cardiology Department, Bellvitge University Hospital, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, SpainSão João University Hospital Centre, Porto, Portugal; CINTESIS, Centre for Health Technology and Services Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, PortugalCINTESIS, Centre for Health Technology and Services Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; Department of Physical Rehabilitation, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, PortugalFaculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; CINTESIS, Centre for Health Technology and Services Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, PortugalTelemedicine (TM) is potentially a way of escalating heart failure (HF) multidisciplinary integrated care. Despite the initial efforts to implement TM in HF management, we are still at an early stage of its implementation. The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic led to an increased utilisation of TM. This tendency will probably remain after the resolution of this threat. Face-to-face medical interventions are gradually transitioning to the virtual setting by using TM. TM can improve healthcare accessibility and overcome geographic inequalities. It promotes healthcare system efficiency gains, and improves patient self-management and empowerment. In cooperation with human intervention, artificial intelligence can enhance TM by helping to deal with the complexities of multicomorbidity management in HF, and will play a relevant role towards a personalised HF patient approach. Artificial intelligence-powered/telemedical/heart team/multidisciplinary integrated care may be the next step of HF management. In this review, the authors analyse TM trends in the management of HF patients and foresee its future challenges within the scope of HF multidisciplinary integrated care.https://www.cfrjournal.com/articleindex/cfr.2020.32
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