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ReviewHealthcare management forum2022

Publication trends in telemedicine research originating from Canada.

Jim S Xie, Keean Nanji, Mohammad Khan, Muhammad F Khalid, Sunir J Garg, Lehana Thabane, Sobha Sivaprasad, Varun Chaudhary

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Review in Healthcare management forum, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
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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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

8 authors.

Jim S Xie3710McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5014-561X
Keean Nanji3710McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Mohammad Khan3710McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Muhammad F Khalid3710McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Sunir J Garg150323Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Lehana ThabaneSt. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Sobha Sivaprasad552305Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK.
Varun Chaudhary3710McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9988-4146

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Telemedicine modalities for patient care have seen significant global uptake during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to bibliometrically evaluate the evolution and current landscape of telemedicine literature in Canada. The Scopus database was searched to identify telemedicine publications for which the first or last author had a Canadian institutional affiliation. Study selection and data abstraction were conducted by two pairs of independent reviewers. Between 1976 and January 2021, 810 of 3,620 retrieved citations were telemedicine publications originating from Canada, including 29 randomized controlled trials and 6 systematic reviews. The annual publication output increased substantially from 1/year in 1976 to 80/year in 2020. Based on author keyword analysis, the most frequently investigated disciplines or disease entities were primary care, COVID-19, telepsychiatry, heart failure, and mental health. The insights this study provides will aid scientists, policy makers, and other stakeholders in identifying opportunities for future investigation and clinical application.

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COVID-19PsychiatryTelemedicineCanadaHumansPandemics

Identifiers

PMID35083937
PMCPMC9047097

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