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ReviewHealthcare informatics research2015

Recent Directions in Telemedicine: Review of Trends in Research and Practice.

Laurence S Wilson, Anthony J Maeder

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Review in Healthcare informatics research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

72 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Auditing the Audits: A Systematic Review on Different Procedures in Telemedicine.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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  5. Current and Future Applications of Telemedicine to Optimize the Delivery of Care in Chronic Liver Disease.Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Laurence S WilsonTelehealth Research & Innovation Laboratory, School of Computing, Engineering & Mathematics, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, Australia.
Anthony J MaederTelehealth Research & Innovation Laboratory, School of Computing, Engineering & Mathematics, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesHealthcare is now routinely delivered by telecommunications-based services in all developed countries and an increasing number of developing countries. Telemedicine is used in many clinical specialities and across numerous healthcare settings, which range from mobile patient-centric applications to complex interactions amongst clinicians in tertiary referral hospital settings. This paper discusses some recent areas of significant development and progress in the field with the purpose of identifying strong trends in both research and practice activities.

methodsTo establish the breadth of new ideas and directions in the field, a review of literature was made by searching PubMed for recent publications including terms (telemedicine OR telehealth) AND (challenge OR direction OR innovation OR new OR novel OR trend), for all searchable categories. 3,433 publications were identified that have appeared since January 1, 2005 (2,172 of these since January 1, 2010), based on a search conducted on June 1, 2015.

resultsThe current interest areas in these papers span both synchronous telemedicine, including intensive care, emergency medicine, and mental health, and asynchronous telemedicine, including wound and burns care, dermatology and ophthalmology.

conclusionsIt is concluded that two major drivers of contemporary tele medicine development are a high volume demand for a particular clinical service, and/or a high criticality of need for clinical exper tise to deliver the service. These areas offer promise for further study and enhancement of applicable telemedicine methods and have the potential for large-scale deployments internationally, which would contribute significantly to the advancement of healthcare.

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Delivery of Health CareRemote ConsultationTelecommunicationsTelemedicine

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PMID26618026
PMCPMC4659877

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