Telemedicine in Liver Disease and Beyond: Can the COVID‐19 Crisis Lead to Action?

Evidence strongly supports that access to specialty gastroenterology or hepatology care in cirrhosis is associated with higher adherence to guideline‐recommended care and improves clinical outcomes. Presently, only about one half of acute care hospitalizations for cirrhosis‐related complications result in inpatient specialty care, and the current hepatology workforce cannot meet the demand of patients with liver disease nationwide, particularly...