Costs and Cardiovascular Benefits of a Fourth-Generation Synchronous Telehealth Program on Mortality and Cardiovascular Outcomes for Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Retrospective Cohort Study

Hao-Yun Chang   ^{1, 2, 3} , MD ;   Hui-Wen Wu   ^{4, 5} , MSc, RN ;   Chi-Sheng Hung   ^{1, 4, 5, 6} , MD, PhD ;   Ying-Hsien Chen   ^{1, 4, 5, 6} , MD ;   Ching-Chang Huang   ^{1, 4, 5, 6} , MD ;   Li-Tan Yang   ^{1, 4, 5, 6} , MD ;   Shin-Tsyr Hwang   ^{5, 7} , MSc, RN ;   Jiun-Yu Yu   ^{5, 8} , PhD ;   Jen-Kuang Lee   ^{1, 4, 5, 6, 9} , MD, PhD ;   Yi-Lwun Ho   ^{1, 4, 5, 6} , MD, PhD

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

² Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch, Hsinchu, Taiwan

³ Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

⁴ Cardiovascular Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

⁵ Telehealth Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

⁶ Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

⁷ Department of Nursing, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

⁸ Department of Business Administration, College of Management, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

⁹ Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan