Table 3.
Activities of conventional in-person visits that can be performed during the video visit
Traditional visit | Video visit | |
---|---|---|
Medical history | ✓ | ✓ |
Assessment of clinical parameters: | ||
Weight | ✓ | ✓ |
Blood pressure (BP) | ✓ | ✓ |
Heart rate (HR) | ✓ | ✓ |
Drug intake compliance | ✓ | ✓ |
Other comorbidity parameters (e.g., glucose levels through glucometer for diabetic patients) | ✓ | ✓ |
Physical examination | ✓ | × |
Evaluation of hematochemical exams | ✓ | ✓ |
Drug dosage evaluation | ✓ | ✓ |
Evaluation of instrumental examinations organ’s functionality assessment: | ||
Kidney US | ✓ | × |
Ecocolordoppler (to be carried out at the TC) | ✓ | × |
MRI | ✓ | × |
Kidney biopsy (to be carried out at the TC) | ✓ | × |
Evaluations of comorbidities: | ||
Instrumental examinations: | ✓ | ✓ |
CT scan, MRI, X-ray, US | ✓ | ✓ |
DXA | ✓ | ✓ |
ECG | ✓ | ✓ |
Infectious surveillance | ✓ | ✓ |
Oncological surveillance | ✓ | ✓ |
Evaluation/review of the therapy | ✓ | ✓ |
Drug prescription, hematochemical and/or instrumental exams | ✓ | ✓ |
Prescription of specialist examinations | ✓ | ✓ |
Training on pathology, therapy and lifestyle | ✓ | ✓ |
Scheduling future appointments | ✓ | ✓ |
Archiving the examination report | ✓ | ✓ |