Telehealth in Management of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review
COVID-19 has created major health-related, economic, and social challenges in societies, and its high contagion has dramatically altered access to healthcare. COVID-19 management can be improved by the use of telehealth. This study aimed to examine different telehealth technologies in the management...
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| description | COVID-19 has created major health-related, economic, and social challenges in societies, and its high contagion has dramatically altered access to healthcare. COVID-19 management can be improved by the use of telehealth. This study aimed to examine different telehealth technologies in the management of COVID-19 disease in the domains of surveillance, diagnosis, screening, treatment, monitoring, tracking, and follow-up and investigate the challenges to the application of telehealth in COVID-19 management. This scoping review was conducted based on Arksey and O’Malley's framework. Searches were performed in Web of Science, PubMed, and Scopus databases to examine the evidence on the effectiveness of telehealth in COVID-19 management. Eventually, 36 articles were selected based on the inclusion criteria. The majority of these studies (33%) were conducted in China. Most services offered via telehealth focused on surveillance, tracking, and follow-up, in that order. Moreover, the most frequently used technologies were social networks, web-based apps, and mobile apps, respectively. The use of telehealth in COVID-19 disease management plays a key role in surveillance, diagnosis, screening, treatment, monitoring, tracking, and follow-up. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-904ac291cfea45a7b3c647be0162f86a2022-12-21T21:11:25ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesActa Medica Iranica0044-60251735-96942021-11-01591110.18502/acta.v59i11.77738765Telehealth in Management of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping ReviewSohrab Almasi0Farkhondeh Asadi1Department of Health Information Technology and Management, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Health Information Technology and Management, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranCOVID-19 has created major health-related, economic, and social challenges in societies, and its high contagion has dramatically altered access to healthcare. COVID-19 management can be improved by the use of telehealth. This study aimed to examine different telehealth technologies in the management of COVID-19 disease in the domains of surveillance, diagnosis, screening, treatment, monitoring, tracking, and follow-up and investigate the challenges to the application of telehealth in COVID-19 management. This scoping review was conducted based on Arksey and O’Malley's framework. Searches were performed in Web of Science, PubMed, and Scopus databases to examine the evidence on the effectiveness of telehealth in COVID-19 management. Eventually, 36 articles were selected based on the inclusion criteria. The majority of these studies (33%) were conducted in China. Most services offered via telehealth focused on surveillance, tracking, and follow-up, in that order. Moreover, the most frequently used technologies were social networks, web-based apps, and mobile apps, respectively. The use of telehealth in COVID-19 disease management plays a key role in surveillance, diagnosis, screening, treatment, monitoring, tracking, and follow-up.https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/8765TelehealthTelemedicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Infectious disease |
| spellingShingle | Sohrab Almasi Farkhondeh Asadi Telehealth in Management of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review Acta Medica Iranica Telehealth Telemedicine Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Infectious disease |
| title | Telehealth in Management of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review |
| title_full | Telehealth in Management of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review |
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| title_short | Telehealth in Management of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review |
| title_sort | telehealth in management of covid 19 pandemic a scoping review |
| topic | Telehealth Telemedicine Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Infectious disease |
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