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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Telehealth and COVID-19 Pandemic: An Overview of the Telehealth Use, Advantages, Challenges, and Opportunities during COVID-19 Pandemic.

Khayreddine Bouabida, Bertrand Lebouché, Marie-Pascale Pomey

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 95 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

95 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  5. Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) in Healthcare: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Khayreddine BouabidaCentre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-7593-5033
Bertrand LebouchéDepartment of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1273-9393
Marie-Pascale PomeyCentre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5180-8139

Funding

CIHR CIHR Funding Reference Number: VR4-172769
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of telehealth and digital health platforms has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic due to the implementation of physical distancing measures and restrictions. To address the pandemic threat, telehealth was promptly and extensively developed, implemented, and used to maintain continuity of care offered through multi-purpose technology platforms considered as virtual healthcare facilities. The aim of this paper is to define telehealth and discuss some aspects of its utilization, role, and impact, but also opportunities and future implications particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to support our reflection and consolidate our viewpoints, numerous bibliographical sources and relevant literature were identified through an electronic keyword search of four databases (PubMed, Web of Science, Google Scholar, and ResearchGate). In this paper, we consider that telehealth to be a very interesting approach which can be effective and affordable for health systems aiming to facilitate access to care, maintain quality and safety of care, and engage patients and health professionals and users of health services. However, we also believe that telehealth faces many challenges, such as the issue of lack of human contact in care, confidentiality, and data security, also accessibility and training in the use of platforms for telehealth. Despite the many challenges it faces, we believe telehealth has enormous potential for strengthening and improving healthcare services. In this paper, we also call for and encourage further studies to build a solid and broad understanding of telehealth challenges with its short-term and long-term clinical, organizational, socio-economic, and ethical impacts.

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care accesscare deliveryCOVID-19digital healthhealth technologyimpactspandemictelehealth

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PMID36421617
PMCPMC9690761

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