TABLE 1.

Benefits and Pitfalls of Tele‐evaluations

Benefits	Pitfalls
Reduced costs to patients (travel, time lost from work, parking, etc.)	Lack of validated remote assessments of physical frailty
Ease of access to LT for patients with geographic barriers	Difficulty in evaluating reliability of social support network for travel to appointments
Reduction in time between initial referral and subsequent evaluation	Alienating patients with low health and digital literacy or rural populations with limited Internet access
Enhanced relationship between transplant centers and community physicians	Harder to establish rapport and hold difficult conversations via video
Unique glimpse into patient’s home situation may uncover social issues (or strengths)