Preoperative Hospitalist Telehealth Visits for Medically Complex Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Background: During the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, telehealth has emerged as an alternative to in-person visits. Our children's hospital's preoperative program includes a pediatric hospitalist evaluation of medically complex patients undergoing elective orthopedic surgery. Starting in March 2020, patients were offered either in-person or telehealth preoperative visits.