Expediting telehealth use in clinical research studies: recommendations for overcoming barriers in North America
Despite data supporting the rapid adoption of telehealth in the delivery of clinical care in North America, the implementation of telehealth visits in clinical research studies has faced critical barriers. These challenges include: (1) variations in state licensure requirements for telehealth; (2) d...
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| author | Anna Naito Anne-Marie Wills Thomas F. Tropea Adolfo Ramirez-Zamora Robert A. Hauser Davide Martino Travis H. Turner Miriam R. Rafferty Mitra Afshari Karen L. Williams Okeanis Vaou Martin J. McKeown Letty Ginsburg Adi Ezra Robert Iansek Kristin Wallock Christiana Evers Karlin Schroeder Rebeca DeLeon Nicole Yarab Roy N. Alcalay James C. Beck |
| author_facet | Anna Naito Anne-Marie Wills Thomas F. Tropea Adolfo Ramirez-Zamora Robert A. Hauser Davide Martino Travis H. Turner Miriam R. Rafferty Mitra Afshari Karen L. Williams Okeanis Vaou Martin J. McKeown Letty Ginsburg Adi Ezra Robert Iansek Kristin Wallock Christiana Evers Karlin Schroeder Rebeca DeLeon Nicole Yarab Roy N. Alcalay James C. Beck |
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| description | Despite data supporting the rapid adoption of telehealth in the delivery of clinical care in North America, the implementation of telehealth visits in clinical research studies has faced critical barriers. These challenges include: (1) variations in state licensure requirements for telehealth; (2) disparities in access to telehealth among disadvantaged populations; (3) lack of consistency among individual Investigational Review Boards (IRBs). Each barrier prevents the systematic conversion of research protocols to include telehealth visits. The Parkinson’s Foundation and members of the Parkinson Study Group submit this Comment to highlight current challenges to implementing telehealth visits for clinical research studies. Our objective is to provide a consensus statement emphasizing the urgent need for regulators to standardize adoption of telehealth practices and to propose recommendations to reduce the burden for implementation in existing research study protocols. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-88ef3619202147e3a99b09f2d4dec1872023-12-02T11:16:51ZengNature Portfolionpj Parkinson's Disease2373-80572021-04-01711410.1038/s41531-021-00177-8Expediting telehealth use in clinical research studies: recommendations for overcoming barriers in North AmericaAnna Naito0Anne-Marie Wills1Thomas F. Tropea2Adolfo Ramirez-Zamora3Robert A. Hauser4Davide Martino5Travis H. Turner6Miriam R. Rafferty7Mitra Afshari8Karen L. Williams9Okeanis Vaou10Martin J. McKeown11Letty Ginsburg12Adi Ezra13Robert Iansek14Kristin Wallock15Christiana Evers16Karlin Schroeder17Rebeca DeLeon18Nicole Yarab19Roy N. Alcalay20James C. Beck21Parkinson’s FoundationDepartment of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical SchoolDepartment of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of PennsylvaniaDepartment of Neurology, Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases, University of FloridaDepartment of Neurology, University of South FloridaDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, University of CalgaryDepartment of Neurology, Medical University of South CarolinaShirley Ryan AbilityLab ChicagoDepartment of Neurology, Rush University Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders ProgramDepartment of Neurology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityDepartment of Neurology, Steward Medical GroupDjavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, University of British ColumbiaDivision of Parkinson Disease and Movement Disorders, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of MiamiDepartment of Neurology, Movement Disorders Unit, Tel Aviv UniversitySchool of Clinical Science at Monash Health, Monash UniversityParkinson’s FoundationParkinson’s FoundationParkinson’s FoundationParkinson’s FoundationParkinson’s FoundationDepartment of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical CenterParkinson’s FoundationDespite data supporting the rapid adoption of telehealth in the delivery of clinical care in North America, the implementation of telehealth visits in clinical research studies has faced critical barriers. These challenges include: (1) variations in state licensure requirements for telehealth; (2) disparities in access to telehealth among disadvantaged populations; (3) lack of consistency among individual Investigational Review Boards (IRBs). Each barrier prevents the systematic conversion of research protocols to include telehealth visits. The Parkinson’s Foundation and members of the Parkinson Study Group submit this Comment to highlight current challenges to implementing telehealth visits for clinical research studies. Our objective is to provide a consensus statement emphasizing the urgent need for regulators to standardize adoption of telehealth practices and to propose recommendations to reduce the burden for implementation in existing research study protocols.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41531-021-00177-8 |
| spellingShingle | Anna Naito Anne-Marie Wills Thomas F. Tropea Adolfo Ramirez-Zamora Robert A. Hauser Davide Martino Travis H. Turner Miriam R. Rafferty Mitra Afshari Karen L. Williams Okeanis Vaou Martin J. McKeown Letty Ginsburg Adi Ezra Robert Iansek Kristin Wallock Christiana Evers Karlin Schroeder Rebeca DeLeon Nicole Yarab Roy N. Alcalay James C. Beck Expediting telehealth use in clinical research studies: recommendations for overcoming barriers in North America npj Parkinson's Disease |
| title | Expediting telehealth use in clinical research studies: recommendations for overcoming barriers in North America |
| title_full | Expediting telehealth use in clinical research studies: recommendations for overcoming barriers in North America |
| title_fullStr | Expediting telehealth use in clinical research studies: recommendations for overcoming barriers in North America |
| title_full_unstemmed | Expediting telehealth use in clinical research studies: recommendations for overcoming barriers in North America |
| title_short | Expediting telehealth use in clinical research studies: recommendations for overcoming barriers in North America |
| title_sort | expediting telehealth use in clinical research studies recommendations for overcoming barriers in north america |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41531-021-00177-8 |
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