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Internet videoconferencing for patient-clinician consultations in long-term conditions: A review of reviews and applications in line with guidelines and recommendations.
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94 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Effectiveness of Individual Real-Time Video Counseling on Smoking, Nutrition, Alcohol, Physical Activity, and Obesity Health Risks: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
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- A dataset on the experimental study of online and offline communication with digital and biomarkers.Scientific data · 2026Article
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- Requirements and Use Cases for eHealth Solutions in Flexible Assertive Community Treatment Teams: Design Science Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- The impact of training and education programs for healthcare professionals on video- and text-based consultations in ensuring healthcare quality: a scoping review.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Review
- The Acceptance of Stroke Telerehabilitation among Rehabilitation Providers and Consumers in Two Tertiary Hospitals in the Philippines.Acta medica Philippina · 2026Article
- Beyond productivity: aBMJ digital health & AI · 2026Review
- The impact of telemedicine on physician time invested in primary care: a large population-based descriptive study.Primary health care research & development · 2025Article
- Impact of Training and Education Programs for Health Care Professionals on Video and Text-Based Meetings in Ensuring Health Care Quality: Protocol for a Scoping Review.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Inhibiting and Promoting Factors for the Use of Video Consultations Among Individuals Covered by Statutory Health Insurance in German Outpatient Care: Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Expert consensus on implementing patient-reported outcomes in telehealth: findings from an international Delphi study.Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2025Article
- Experiences, impacts, and requirements of synchronous video consultations between nurses, allied health professionals, psychological therapists, and adult service-users: A review of the literature.PLOS digital health · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe use of internet videoconferencing in healthcare settings is widespread, reflecting the normalisation of this mode of communication in society and current healthcare policy. As the use of internet videoconferencing is growing, increasing numbers of reviews of literature are published.
methodsThe authors conducted a review of the existing reviews of literature relating to the use of internet videoconferencing for consultations between healthcare professionals and patients with long-term conditions in their own home. The review was followed with an assessment of United Kingdom National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines for patient care in the context of common long-term illnesses to examine where videoconferencing could be implemented in line with these recommendations.
resultsThe review of reviews found no formal evidence in favour of or against the use of internet videoconferencing. Patients were satisfied with the use of videoconferencing but there was limited evidence that it led to a change in health outcomes. Evidence of healthcare professional satisfaction when using this mode of communication with patients was limited. The review of guidelines suggested a number of opportunities for adoption and expansion of internet videoconferencing. Implementing videoconferencing in line with current evidence for patient care could offer support and provide information on using a communication channel that suits individual patient needs and circumstances. The evidence base for videoconferencing is growing, but there is still a lack of data relating to cost, ethics and safety.
conclusionsWhile the current evidence base for internet videoconferencing is equivocal, it is likely to change as more research is undertaken and evidence published. With more videoconferencing services added in more contexts, research needs to explore how internet videoconferencing can be implemented in ways that it is valued by patients and clinicians, and how it can fit within organisational and technical infrastructure of the healthcare services.
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