Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2020 Apr 3;1(5):420-423.
doi: 10.34067/KID.0000332020. eCollection 2020 May 28.

The Role of Telemedicine in Kidney Transplantation: Opportunities and Challenges

Beatrice P Concepcion  1 , Rachel C Forbes  2
Affiliations

The Role of Telemedicine in Kidney Transplantation: Opportunities and Challenges

Beatrice P Concepcion et al. Kidney360. .
No abstract available

Keywords: access to health care; health services; kidney transplant; mobile health; telehealth; telemedicine; transplantation; videoconferencing.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

B. Concepcion and R. Forbes have nothing to disclose.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Benefits of telemedicine in kidney transplant care.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Wolfe RA, Ashby VB, Milford EL, Ojo AO, Ettenger RE, Agodoa LY, Held PJ, Port FK: Comparison of mortality in all patients on dialysis, patients on dialysis awaiting transplantation, and recipients of a first cadaveric transplant. N Engl J Med 341: 1725–1730, 1999 - PubMed
    1. Axelrod DA, Schnitzler MA, Xiao H, Irish W, Tuttle-Newhall E, Chang SH, Kasiske BL, Alhamad T, Lentine KL: An economic assessment of contemporary kidney transplant practice. Am J Transplant 18: 1168–1176, 2018 - PubMed
    1. Axelrod DA, Dzebisashvili N, Schnitzler MA, Salvalaggio PR, Segev DL, Gentry SE, Tuttle-Newhall J, Lentine KL: The interplay of socioeconomic status, distance to center, and interdonor service area travel on kidney transplant access and outcomes. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 5: 2276–2288, 2010 - PMC - PubMed
    1. US Department of Health & Human Services : Organ procurement and transplantation network. Available at: https://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/data/. Accessed January 22, 2020
    1. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology : What is telehealth? How is telehealth different from telemedicine? Available at: https://www.healthit.gov/faq/what-telehealth-how-telehealth-different-te.... Accessed December 26, 2019

LinkOut - more resources