ArticleBMC geriatrics2017
Telemedicine and primary care obesity management in rural areas - innovative approach for older adults?
Article in BMC geriatrics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04616118 (Comparing Modes of Telehealth Delivery), which is not on this map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Comparing Modes of Telehealth Delivery:Phone vs. Video Visits
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 82 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Navigating Through Innovation in Elderly's Health: A Scoping Review of Digital Health Interventions.Public health reviews · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of Telepharmacy in Rural Communities in Africa: A Scoping Review.The Journal of pharmacy technology : jPT : official publication of the Association of Pharmacy Technicians · 2023Article
- Characteristics and Weight Loss Practices From a Cohort of 20,000 Patients Using Direct-to-Consumer Telehealth: Observational Cross-sectional Study.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- Medication Adherence and Cardiometabolic Control Indicators Among American Indian Adults Receiving Tribal Health Services: Protocol for a Longitudinal Electronic Health Records Study.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- A Scoping Literature Review of Rural Institutional Elder Care.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- Recent advances in therapies utilizing superabsorbent hydrogel technology for weight management: A review.Obesity science & practice · 2022Review
- Are People with Obesity Attracted to Multidisciplinary Telemedicine Approach for Weight Management?Nutrients · 2022Article
- Predicting Acceptance of e-Mental Health Interventions in Patients With Obesity by Using an Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance Model: Cross-sectional Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
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- What are the demands of telegeriatrics medical services for elderly patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- The Benefits of Telemedicine in Personalized Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD): A Systematic Review.Journal of personalized medicine · 2021Review
- Telemedicine in vascular surgery during the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic: A multisite healthcare system experience.Journal of vascular surgery · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe growing prevalence of obesity is paralleling a rise in the older adult population creating an increased risk of functional impairment, nursing home placement and early mortality. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid recognized the importance of treating obesity and instituted a benefit in primary care settings to encourage intensive behavioral therapy in beneficiaries by primary care clinicians. This benefit covers frequent, brief, clinic visits designed to address older adult obesity. DISCUSSION: We describe the challenges in the implementation and delivery into real-world settings. The challenges in rural settings that have the fastest growing elderly population, high obesity rates, but also workforce shortages and lack of specialized services are emphasized. The use of Telemedicine has successfully been implemented in other specialties and could be a useful modality in delivering much needed intensive behavioral therapy, particularly in distant, under-resourced environments. This review outlines some of the challenges with the current benefit and proposed solutions in overcoming rural primary care barriers to implementation, including changes in staffing models.
conclusionsRecommendations to extend the benefit's coverage to be more inclusive of non-physician team members is needed but also for improvement in reimbursement for telemedicine services for older adults with obesity.
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