Adapting nurse-led cystoscopy experience to the United States: Tele-cystoscopy a possible compromise?

Urology workforce shortages in rural areas limit access to diagnostic cystoscopy for hematuria or surveillance cystoscopy for patients with bladder cancer. To address this, we developed a tele‐cystoscopy model in which urologic advanced practice professionals (APPs) perform cystoscopies that are interpreted in real‐time by board‐certified urologists at their home institution. This collaborative model allows the cystoscopic interpretation to be...