Telehealth-based evaluations identified patients with chronic liver disease who were not candidates for liver transplantation without the need for additional testing, according to a study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

“Because of limited access to transplant centers, patients often travel long distances to be evaluated for [orthotopic liver transplant],” Venkata Rajesh Konjeti, MD, from the Virginia Commonwealth University, and colleagues wrote. “Our data indicate that a telehealth-based triage reduces futile transplant evaluations by approximately 60%.”