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In this commentary, we examine multiple approaches to structuring of telemedicine care for patients with bronchiectasis, highlight current evidence-based interventions that can be incorporated into the management of bronchiectasis, and describe our experience with telemedicine at the University of Connecticut Center for Bronchiectasis Care during the COVID-19 pandemic. The structural model must be adapted to different local dynamics and available technologies with careful attention to patient characteristics and access to technology to avoid the potential paradoxical effects of increasing patients\u2019 burden and healthcare disparities in underserved populations.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/life11111196","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,7]],"date-time":"2021-11-07T20:41:14Z","timestamp":1636317674000},"page":"1196","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring as an Adjunct to Medical Management of Bronchiectasis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0168-9204","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Soontharee","family":"Congrete","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT 06032, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mark","family":"Metersky","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT 06032, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"6","article-title":"Inflammation: A two-edged sword--the model of bronchiectasis","volume":"147","author":"Cole","year":"1986","journal-title":"Eur. 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