ReviewTelemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association2014
The empirical foundations of telemedicine interventions for chronic disease management.
Review in Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 156 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
156 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Telehealth-guided provider-to-provider communication to improve rural health: A systematic review.Journal of telemedicine and telecare · 2024Pooled it
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Telemonitoring Interventions on Severe COPD Exacerbations.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Health Economic Evaluations of Digital Health Interventions for Secondary Prevention in Stroke Patients: A Systematic Review.Cerebrovascular diseases extra · 2019Pooled it
- Teledermatology in Atopic Dermatitis: A Systematic Review.Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgeryPooled it
- Augmenting K-Means Clustering With Qualitative Data to Discover the Engagement Patterns of Older Adults With Multimorbidity When Using Digital Health Technologies: Proof-of-Concept Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Trial
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- An Ostomy Self-management Telehealth Intervention for Cancer Survivors: Technology-Related Findings From a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Trial
- Sustainability of improvements in medication adherence through a mobile health intervention.Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) · 2015Trial
- Individually tailored home-based physiotherapy program makes sustainable improvement in exercise capacity and daily physical activity in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.Therapeutic advances in respiratory diseaseTrial
- Temporal Trends and Sociodemographic Differences in Telemedicine Utilization, 2019-2024.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
- Socioeconomic Impact, Equity, and Sustainability in Head and Neck Cancer Surgery: A Structured Narrative Review.Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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- Technology and the clinical encounter: a qualitative study of mental health clinician and patient experiences of telemedicine.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- The impact of telehealth services on healthcare access in rural areas.BMC public health · 2026Review
- Mapping Nursing Telemedicine Practices: A Scoping Review of Models, Outcomes, and Professional Roles.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2026Review
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- Association Between Telemedicine Adoption and Physician Job Satisfaction: Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Evaluating a Telemedical Follow-Up Program for Continuity of Care After Hospital Discharge: Prospective Clinical Intervention Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- Telemedicine Adoption for Managing Chronic and Rare Diseases in Indonesia During and Beyond the COVID-19 Era: Qualitative Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- The Effect of Telehomecare on Patients' Health-Related Quality of Life, Satisfaction, Disease Self-Management Skills, Provider Satisfaction, and Informal Caregiver Strain: Longitudinal Cohort and Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
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Abstract
The telemedicine intervention in chronic disease management promises to involve patients in their own care, provides continuous monitoring by their healthcare providers, identifies early symptoms, and responds promptly to exacerbations in their illnesses. This review set out to establish the evidence from the available literature on the impact of telemedicine for the management of three chronic diseases: congestive heart failure, stroke, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. By design, the review focuses on a limited set of representative chronic diseases because of their current and increasing importance relative to their prevalence, associated morbidity, mortality, and cost. Furthermore, these three diseases are amenable to timely interventions and secondary prevention through telemonitoring. The preponderance of evidence from studies using rigorous research methods points to beneficial results from telemonitoring in its various manifestations, albeit with a few exceptions. Generally, the benefits include reductions in use of service: hospital admissions/re-admissions, length of hospital stay, and emergency department visits typically declined. It is important that there often were reductions in mortality. Few studies reported neutral or mixed findings.
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