Telemedicine Outpatient Cardiovascular Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Bridging or Opening the Digital Divide?

Lauren A Eberly^{1

2}, Sameed Ahmed M Khatana^{1

2}, Ashwin S Nathan^{1

2}, Christopher Snider³, Howard M Julien^{1

4}, Mary Elizabeth Deleener³, Srinath Adusumalli^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (L.A.E., S.A.M.K., A.S.N., H.M.J., S.A.).
² Penn Cardiovascular Outcomes, Quality, and Evaluative Research Center, Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (L.A.E., S.A.M.K., A.S.N., S.A.).
³ Office of the Chief Medical Information Officer, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia (C.S., M.E.D., S.A.).
⁴ Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA (H.M.J.).

Lauren A Eberly et al. Circulation. 2020.

. 2020 Aug 4;142(5):510-512.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.048185. Epub 2020 Jun 8.

Lauren A Eberly^{1

2}, Sameed Ahmed M Khatana^{1

2}, Ashwin S Nathan^{1

2}, Christopher Snider³, Howard M Julien^{1

4}, Mary Elizabeth Deleener³, Srinath Adusumalli^{1

2

3}

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (L.A.E., S.A.M.K., A.S.N., H.M.J., S.A.).
² Penn Cardiovascular Outcomes, Quality, and Evaluative Research Center, Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (L.A.E., S.A.M.K., A.S.N., S.A.).
³ Office of the Chief Medical Information Officer, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia (C.S., M.E.D., S.A.).
⁴ Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA (H.M.J.).

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Keywords: COVID-19; healthcare disparities; telemedicine.

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None

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