TY - JOUR T1 - Telehealth: “virtual” lifeline for home-ventilated patients during the COVID-19 pandemic JF - ERJ Open Research JO - erjor DO - 10.1183/23120541.00399-2020 VL - 6 IS - 3 SP - 00399-2020 AU - Chun Ian Soo AU - Yeow Chan AU - Ee Chin Loh AU - Yong Kek Pang Y1 - 2020/07/01 UR - http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/6/3/00399-2020.abstract N2 - The evolution of positive airway pressure (PAP) devices since their introduction by Colin Sullivan in 1980 has witnessed growing evidence supporting their use for medical conditions associated with chronic ventilatory failure. The emergence of PAP devices also resulted in a higher number of patients requiring long-term medical care and ventilation. The concept of “hospital at home” with home ventilation to ease the burden on overwhelmed hospitals was evident when the prevalence of home mechanical ventilation (HMV) users reported in 2016 was at 10.9 per 100 000 population [1].Telehealth appears useful to fill in the void for home-ventilated patients to maintain the much-needed connectivity with their healthcare team during the #COVID19 pandemic https://bit.ly/3ftvjxWThe authors would like to thank Tan Tock Seng Hospital Home Ventilation and Respiratory Support Service and the Motor Neurone Disease Society of Malaysia for their invaluable source of information on telehealth usage during the COVID-19 pandemic. ER -