ArticleSao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina2019
What do Cochrane systematic reviews say about telemedicine for healthcare?
Article in Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.
- Knowledge of telemedicine and its associated factors among health professional in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- The Impact of Virtual Consultations on the Quality of Primary Care: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
- Pragmatic randomized controlled trial comparing a complex telemedicine-based intervention with usual care in patients with chronic conditions.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2024Trial
- Experiences with telemedicine-based follow-up of chronic conditions: the views of patients and health personnel enrolled in a pragmatic randomized controlled trial.BMC health services research · 2024Trial
- Three-dimensional bio-derived materials for biomedical applications: challenges and opportunities.RSC advances · 2025Review
- Mental Health Services for Serious Mental Illness: Scoping Review of Randomised Controlled Trials.Nursing open · 2025Article
- Impact of virtual consultations on quality of care in type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and narrative synthesis protocol.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Tele Neuropsychology: Is it a Viable Alternative to Conventional Face-to-Face Testing in the Indian Setting?Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology · 2024Article
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- Clinicians' and Users' Views and Experiences of a Tele-Mental Health Service Implemented Alongside the Public Mental Health System during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Health Sciences students' experience of COVID-19 case management and contact tracing in Cape Town, South Africa.BMC medical education · 2023Article
- Cultivating patient-centered care competence through a telemedicine-based course: An explorative study of undergraduate medical students' self-reflective writing.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Evaluation of Awareness and Attitude of Telemedicine among Primary Healthcare Workers in Deprived Area Health Centers.International journal of telemedicine and applications · 2023Article
- Professional Factors Associated with Case Resolution without Referrals of Orofacial Pain Cases to Secondary Dental Care by Telehealth in Brazil: A Cross-Sectional Study in 2019 and 2020.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Evidence and User Considerations of Home Health Monitoring for Older Adults: Scoping Review.JMIR aging · 2022Article
- Perception and Attitude of Pakistani Doctors Toward the Use of Telemedicine Technology.Cureus · 2022Article
- Hurdles to developing and scaling remote patients' health management tools and systems: a scoping review.Systematic reviews · 2022Article
- SCiPad: evaluating telemedicine via iPad facetime for general spinal cord injury care.Spinal cord · 2022Article
- Pilot trial of telemedicine in urology: Video vs. telephone consultations.Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada · 2022Article
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Authors and funding
7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
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Abstract
backgroundTelemedicine has emerged as a tool for overcoming the challenges of healthcare systems and is likely to become increasingly viable, since information and communication technologies have become more sophisticated and user-friendly.
objectiveWe aimed to identify all Cochrane systematic reviews (CSRs) on telemedicine within healthcare and to summarize the current evidence regarding its use. DESIGN AND
settingReview of CSRs, developed at the Discipline of Emergency and Evidence-Based Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo.
methodsWe searched for studies that compared use of telemedicine with conventional treatment or management of diseases within healthcare. Diagnostic telemedicine studies or studies using automatic text, voice-text or even self-managed care were excluded. The main characteristics and the certainty of evidence were synthetized and critically discussed by all authors.
resultsWe included 10 CSRs that investigated a broad range of diseases. There is still insufficient evidence to determine what types of telemedicine interventions are effective, for which patients and in which settings, and whether such interventions can be used as a replacement for the standard treatment. Harm relating to telemedicine technologies needs to be better investigated and addressed.
conclusionTelemedicine might be an excellent way to facilitate access to treatment, monitoring and dissemination of important clinical knowledge. However, given the recognition of systematic reviews as the best evidence resource available for decision-making, further randomized controlled trials with stricter methods are necessary to reduce the uncertainties in evidence-based use of telemedicine.
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