Conclusions
Telemedicine has continued to increase in uptake and shows tremendous promise in expanding access to health care, promoting patient disease management, and facilitating in-between health care visit monitoring. Although the future is bright, more research is needed to determine optimal ways to integrate telemedicine — especially remote monitoring — into routine clinical care. We call on our specialty societies to send a clear political advocacy message that policy changes are needed to overcome regulatory and reimbursement challenges.
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank Lauren Jones and Mackenzie McDougal for their assistance with the literature review.
Supplementary materials and methods
The telemedicine interventions PubMed literature search strategy was as follows: ((“liver diseases”[MeSH Terms] OR (“liver”[All Fields] AND “diseases”[All Fields]) OR “liver diseases”[All Fields] OR (“liver”[All Fields] AND “disease”[All Fields]) OR “liver disease”[All Fields] OR liver dysfunction OR liver dysfunctions)) OR “liver transplantation”[MeSH Terms] OR “liver transplantation” [All Fields] AND (((“telemedicine”[MeSH Terms] OR “telemedicine”[All Fields] OR mobile health OR mhealth OR telehealth OR mhealth)) OR (videoconferencing OR videoconference)).
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Dr. Serper is in the division of gastroenterology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, and the department of medicine, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia; Dr. Volk is in the division of gastroenterology and Transplantation Institute, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, Calif. The authors disclose no conflicts.
