A 68-year-old man with HFrEF lives in a remote northern community with limited access to in-person specialist follow-up. He was recently discharged fr...

Question

A 68-year-old man with HFrEF lives in a remote northern community with limited access to in-person specialist follow-up. He was recently discharged from a tertiary centre. Which strategy best supports high-quality ongoing heart failure care in this setting?

Accepted Answer

Telemedicine follow-up with a heart failure clinic team, coupled with local nurse-led monitoring and medication titration protocols

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No further monitoring until he becomes symptomatic again

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Rely solely on annual in-person visits

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Advise him to self-adjust medications without guidance

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Stop guideline-directed therapy due to distance from specialists

ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Heart failure follow-up via telemedicine

A 68-year-old man with HFrEF lives in a remote northern community with limited access to in-person specialist follow-up. He was recently discharged from a tertiary centre. Which strategy best supports high-quality ongoing heart failure care in this setting?