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Barriers to telehealth uptake and use: a scoping review.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- The Impact of Telehealth Use Experience on Recruitment of Underserved Populations Into a Telehealth-Delivered Mindfulness-Based Trial for Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: Cross-Sectional Survey.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Article
- The role of health literacy and attitudes toward artificial intelligence in the acceptance of telemedicine services among adults in Turkey: a cross-sectional study.BMC primary care · 2026Article
- Clinician Decision-Making Around Offering Home Video Telehealth Visits: Qualitative Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
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- Outcomes for implementation of virtual mental health care for rural native veterans.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
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- Sociodemographic Determinants of Telemedicine Uptake Among Adults in the United States.Cureus · 2026Article
- National Trends in Telehealth Utilization, 2020-2023: Post-Pandemic Trends from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Telemedicine implementation and healthcare utilization in Rwanda: interrupted time series of babyl digital health services from 2015 to 2024.BMC primary care · 2026Article
- Examining Disparities in Access to Kidney Transplant Listing Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Cureus · 2026Article
- Telehealth adoption and use intentions among neurologists in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Caregiver perceptions of healthcare barriers across traditional and digital contexts: a mixed-methods analysis.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
- Nurse Roles in Virtual Care Within Team-Based Primary Care: Qualitative Findings From a Multiple Case Study in Two Canadian Jurisdictions.SAGE open nursingArticle
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Abstract
Objectives: We conducted a scoping review to identify barriers to telehealth use and uptake from the perspective of patient, provider, and system that were documented in the literature. In addition to identifying and categorizing the barriers, we aimed to assess how barriers differed for studies conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as how barriers differed between the United States vs internationally based studies. Materials and Methods: Comprehensive searches of the PubMed/MEDLINE, CINAHL, and Scopus databases conducted on December 29, 2021 yielded 17 887 results, with 11 221 potentially eligible documents after duplicates were removed. The team conducted an initial title and abstract review, followed by full text review. Data from the included sources were extracted and summarized into primary themes. Results: We identified 395 articles specifically related to barriers of telehealth use. The top 5 barriers, in order of frequency, were: lack of skills or ability (55%), lack of interest (49%), lack of access to technology (45%), limitations of technology infrastructure (45%), and lack of quality of care (42%). Roughly one-third (39%) of studies were related to the COVID-19 pandemic and 54% were US-based studies. The rank order of barriers between COVID-19 vs non-COVID-19 studies and US vs non-US studies was the same; however, patients in the United States and those using telehealth during COVID-19 were more likely to cite barriers related to the lack of access to technology (COVID = 56% vs 38%; United States = 51% vs 38%). Discussion: Interventions to address barriers need to consider the unique needs of specific populations and the ways in which different barriers may intersect. Conclusion: This review found that barriers to telehealth uptake and use are multilayered and occur at several levels (individual, structural, technological).
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