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SynthesisComputers in biology and medicine2021

Telehealth utilization during the Covid-19 pandemic: A systematic review.

Salem Garfan, A H Alamoodi, B B Zaidan, Mohammed Al-Zobbi, Rula A Hamid, Jwan K Alwan, Ibraheem Y Y Ahmaro, Eman Thabet Khalid, F M Jumaah, O S Albahri and 9 more

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Synthesis in Computers in biology and medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 186 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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186citing papers in PubMed, 11 pooled it
58.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

186 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 362 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors at 11 institutions in 7 countries.

Salem GarfanDepartment of Computing, Faculty of Arts, Computing and Creative Industry, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Perak, Malaysia.
A H AlamoodiDepartment of Computing, Faculty of Arts, Computing and Creative Industry, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Perak, Malaysia. Electronic address: Alamoodi@fskik.upsi.edu.my.
B B ZaidanFuture Technology Research Centre, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, 123 University Road, Section 3, Douliou, Yunlin, 64002, Taiwan, ROC.
Mohammed Al-ZobbiAustralian Institute of Higher Education, Australia.
Rula A HamidCollege of Business Informatics, University of Information Technology and Communications (UOITC), Baghdad, Iraq.
Jwan K AlwanBiomedical Informatics College, University of Information Technology and Communications (UOITC), Baghdad, Iraq; Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya (UM), Malaysia.
Ibraheem Y Y AhmaroComputer Science Department, College of Information Technology, Hebron University, Hebron, Palestine.
Eman Thabet KhalidDepartment of Computer Sciences, College of Education for Pure Sciences, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq.
F M JumaahDepartment of Computer and Software Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada.
O S AlbahriDepartment of Computing, Faculty of Arts, Computing and Creative Industry, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Perak, Malaysia.
A A ZaidanDepartment of Computing, Faculty of Arts, Computing and Creative Industry, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Perak, Malaysia.
A S AlbahriInformatics Institute for Postgraduate Studies (IIPS), Iraqi Commission for Computers and Informatics (ICCI), Baghdad, Iraq.
Z T Al-QaysiDepartment of Computer Science, Computer Science and Mathematics College, Tikrit University, Iraq.
M A AhmedDepartment of Computer Science, Computer Science and Mathematics College, Tikrit University, Iraq.
Moceheb Lazam ShuwandyDepartment of Computer Science, Computer Science and Mathematics College, Tikrit University, Iraq.
Mahmood M SalihDepartment of Computer Science, Computer Science and Mathematics College, Tikrit University, Iraq.
Omar ZughoulComputer Information System, Ahmed Bin Mohammed Military College, Al Shahaniya, Qatar.
K I MohammedDepartment of Computing, Faculty of Arts, Computing and Creative Industry, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Perak, Malaysia.
Fayiz MomaniDepartment of Computing, Faculty of Arts, Computing and Creative Industry, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Perak, Malaysia.
Sultan Idris Education University · MYUniversity of Tikrit · IQAhmed Bin Mohammed Military College · QAAustralian Institute of Business · AUHebron University · PSIraqi University · IQNational Yunlin University of Science and Technology · TWPolytechnique Montréal · CAUniversity of Basrah · IQUniversity of Information Technology and Communications · IQUniversity of Malaya · MY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, different technologies, including telehealth, are maximised to mitigate the risks and consequences of the disease. Telehealth has been widely utilised because of its usability and safety in providing healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, a systematic literature review which provides extensive evidence on the impact of COVID-19 through telehealth and which covers multiple directions in a large-scale research remains lacking. This study aims to review telehealth literature comprehensively since the pandemic started. It also aims to map the research landscape into a coherent taxonomy and characterise this emerging field in terms of motivations, open challenges and recommendations. Articles related to telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic were systematically searched in the WOS, IEEE, Science Direct, Springer and Scopus databases. The final set included (n = 86) articles discussing telehealth applications with respect to (i) control (n = 25), (ii) technology (n = 14) and (iii) medical procedure (n = 47). Since the beginning of the pandemic, telehealth has been presented in diverse cases. However, it still warrants further attention. Regardless of category, the articles focused on the challenges which hinder the maximisation of telehealth in such times and how to address them. With the rapid increase in the utilization of telehealth in different specialised hospitals and clinics, a potential framework which reflects the authors' implications of the future application and opportunities of telehealth has been established. This article improves our understanding and reveals the full potential of telehealth during these difficult times and beyond.

Indexed as

COVID-19TelemedicineHumansPandemicsSARS-CoV-2COVID-19E-HealthPandemicSARS-CoV-2TelehealthTelemedicine

Identifiers

PMID34592585
PMCPMC8450049
OpenAlexW3199898909

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