Telehealth-Delivered Program and Accompanying Patients to Enhance the Clinical Condition of Patients Throughout a Liver Transplant: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study

• DOI: 10.2196/54440
• Publication Date: 2024-02-05T05:06:23Z
• Authors: Marie-Pascale Pomey; Enora Le Roux; Nathalie Nadon; Jessie Perron; Angèle Barry; Chantal Bémeur; Thomas G Poder; Fernand Duford; Louise Laviolette; Johanne Tétrault-...; Cécile Vialaron; Manuel J Escalona; Louise Normandin; Geneviève Huard; Catherine Girardin; Christopher Rose; Kathy Malas; Denis Ouellet; Catherine Vincent
• Keywords: Telehealth

Liver transplantation (LT) is indicated in patients with severe acute or chronic liver failure for which no other therapy available. With the increasing number of LTs recent years, centers worldwide must manage their according to clinical situation and expected waiting time transplantation. The LT clinic at Centre hospitalier de l'Université Montréal (CHUM) developing a new health care model across entire continuum pre-, peri-, posttransplant that features patient monitoring by an interdisciplinary team, including accompanying patient; digital platform host plan; learning program; data collection from connected objects.