Connect, Engage: Televisits for Children With Asthma During COVID-19 and After

Highlights

• Televisits are the work-around that mitigates the disruption to usual care appointments for children with asthma during coronavirus disease 2019 and after.

• Televisit sessions provide families with the continued reinforcement necessary for maintaining the course for good asthma control.

• Televisits address medical, pharmaceutical, and administrative issues in real time.

• Televisits moved into usual care have the potential to reduce the low follow-up rate common to children with asthma.

Abstract

Despite the many barriers to receiving care, children with asthma must have access to regular care and frequent follow-up visits. The usual barriers to the provision of asthma care have been made even more complicated by the current coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. To minimize the disruption of care due to the necessary constraints dictated by coronavirus disease 2019, the televisit provides a practical solution that can assess the child’s current level of symptom control, reinforce asthma education, and determine treatment options. This article provides the tools and guidelines to facilitate the implementation of successful televisits to provide uninterrupted care for children with asthma.