Impact of Initial Cardiology Telemedicine Evaluation on Follow-Up Visits for Common Conditions: Quasi-Experimental Study

Neil M Kalwani   ^{1, 2 *} , MD, MPP ;   Harrison Koos   ^{3 *} , MS ;   Emily Kohn   ⁴ , MS, MPP ;   Vijaya Parameswaran   ² , MS, PhD, RD ;   Anica Oesterle   ⁴ , MS, MBA ;   Marina Adrianzen   ⁵ , MD ;   Febri Kurniawan   ⁶ , MS ;   Lubna Qureshi   ⁷ , MS ;   Rajesh Dash   ² , MD, PhD ;   Paul Heidenreich   ^{1, 2} , MD, MS ;   David Scheinker   ^{8, 9, 10} , PhD ;   Fatima Rodriguez   ² , MD, MPH

¹ Cardiology Section, Medical Service, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, United States

² Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and the Cardiovascular Institute, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States

³ Department of Health Policy, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States

⁴ Department of Management Science and Engineering, School of Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States

⁵ Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States

⁶ Stanford Prevention Research Center, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States

⁷ Stanford Health Care, Palo Alto, CA, United States

⁸ Division of Pediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States

⁹ Clinical Excellence Research Center, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States

¹⁰ Division of Hospital Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States

*these authors contributed equally