ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Nursing Home-Sensitive Hospitalizations and the Relevance of Telemedicine: A Scoping Review.
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- Factors Influencing the Implementation and Adoption of Digital Nursing Technologies: Systematic Umbrella Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Models for delivery and co-ordination of primary or secondary health care (or both) to older adults living in aged care facilities.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Perceptions of Telemedicine Use for Specialist Care in Skilled Nursing Facilities.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Geriatric Telemanagement of Health Conditions (GET HEALTH) in Nursing Home Residents Recently Discharged From the Hospital: Protocol for a Before-After Study.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Impact of regular televisits on unplanned hospital admissions of nursing home residents in rural Germany: a pre-post intervention study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Enabling Telemedicine From the System-Level Perspective: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Implementing telemedicine with 5G technologies in a nursing home for reducing emergency admissions- study protocol of a mixed-methods study.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Perceptions Toward Telemedicine of Health Care Staff in Nursing Homes in Northern Germany: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR aging · 2024Article
- Long-Term Adoption of Televisits in Nursing Homes During the COVID-19 Crisis and Following Up Into the Postpandemic Setting: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR aging · 2024Article
- Differences in emergency department visits and hospitalization between German and Dutch nursing home residents: a cross-national survey.European geriatric medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
The aging of society is increasing the number of hospitalizations of nursing home residents. Telemedicine might help reduce the frequency of these potentially risk-associated hospitalizations. This scoping review looked for evidence of a change in the rate of hospitalization and, if mentioned, any cost savings and/or staff acceptance of the use of telemedicine in a nursing home setting. To identify available evidence, the electronic databases PubMed, Livivo, EBSCO and JSTOR were searched (without time or regional constraints) for comparative primary research studies on this topic in peer-reviewed journals. A total of 1127 articles were retrieved and 923 titles and abstracts were screened, with 16 studies published between 2001 and 2022 being included. Telemedicine consultation reduced the hospitalization of nursing home residents in 14/16 and care costs in 8/11 articles. Staff satisfaction was mentioned positively in five studies. Most studies used telemedicine involving medical diagnostic technologies (10), (electronic) health records (9), specialists (9) and specialized nursing staff (11). Few studies had a higher level of evidence: only one randomized clinical trial was included. There is the need for high credibility studies, using guidelines on protocol and reporting, to better understand the hindering and facilitating factors of telemedicine provision in the healthcare of nursing home residents.
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