A Scoping Review of the Quality and the Design of Evaluations of Mobile Health, Telehealth, Smart Pump and Monitoring Technologies Performed in a Pharmacy-Related Setting
Background: There is currently a need for high quality evaluations of new mobile health, telehealth, smart pump and monitoring technologies undertaken in a pharmacy-related setting. We aim to evaluate the use of these monitoring technologies performed in this setting.Methods: A systematic searching...
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author | Darrin Baines Imandeep K. Gahir Afthab Hussain Amir J. Khan Philip Schneider Syed S. Hasan Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar |
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description | Background: There is currently a need for high quality evaluations of new mobile health, telehealth, smart pump and monitoring technologies undertaken in a pharmacy-related setting. We aim to evaluate the use of these monitoring technologies performed in this setting.Methods: A systematic searching of English articles that examined the quality and the design of technologies conducted in pharmacy-related facilities was performed using the following databases: MEDLINE and Cumulative index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) to identify original studies examining the quality and the design of technologies and published in peer-reviewed journals. Extraction of articles and quality assessment of included articles were performed independently by two authors. Quality scores over 75% are classed as being acceptable using a “relatively conservative” quality benchmark. Scores over 55% are included using a “relatively liberal” cut-off point.Results: Screening resulted in the selection of 40 formal evaluations. A substantial number of studies (32, 80.00%) were performed in the United States, quantitative in approach (33, 82.50%) and retrospective cohort (24, 60.00%) in study design. The most common pharmacy-related settings were: 22 primary care (55.00%); 10 hospital pharmacy (25.00%); 7 community pharmacy (17.50%); one primary care and hospital pharmacy (2.50%). The majority of the evaluations (33, 82.50%) reported clinical outcomes, six (15.00%) measured clinical and economic outcomes, and one (2.50%) economic only. Twelve (30.00%) quantitative studies and no qualitative study met objective criteria for “relatively conservative” quality. Using a lower “relatively liberal” benchmark, 27 quantitative (81.82%) and four qualitative (57.41%) studies met the lower quality criterion.Conclusion: Worldwide, few evaluations of mobile health, telehealth, smart pump and monitoring technologies in pharmacy-related setting have been published.Their quality is often below the standard necessary for inclusion in a systematic review mainly due to inadequate study design. |
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spelling | doaj.art-adcb7e94705f4b49a190c3cde31e5d892022-12-21T20:38:12ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Pharmacology1663-98122018-07-01910.3389/fphar.2018.00678371485A Scoping Review of the Quality and the Design of Evaluations of Mobile Health, Telehealth, Smart Pump and Monitoring Technologies Performed in a Pharmacy-Related SettingDarrin Baines0Imandeep K. Gahir1Afthab Hussain2Amir J. Khan3Philip Schneider4Syed S. Hasan5Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar6Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Bournemouth University, Poole, United KingdomFaculty of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, United KingdomFaculty of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, United KingdomFaculty of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, United KingdomCommunity, Environment and Policy Department, University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United StatesPharmaceutical Policy and Practice Research Centre, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United KingdomPharmaceutical Policy and Practice Research Centre, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United KingdomBackground: There is currently a need for high quality evaluations of new mobile health, telehealth, smart pump and monitoring technologies undertaken in a pharmacy-related setting. We aim to evaluate the use of these monitoring technologies performed in this setting.Methods: A systematic searching of English articles that examined the quality and the design of technologies conducted in pharmacy-related facilities was performed using the following databases: MEDLINE and Cumulative index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) to identify original studies examining the quality and the design of technologies and published in peer-reviewed journals. Extraction of articles and quality assessment of included articles were performed independently by two authors. Quality scores over 75% are classed as being acceptable using a “relatively conservative” quality benchmark. Scores over 55% are included using a “relatively liberal” cut-off point.Results: Screening resulted in the selection of 40 formal evaluations. A substantial number of studies (32, 80.00%) were performed in the United States, quantitative in approach (33, 82.50%) and retrospective cohort (24, 60.00%) in study design. The most common pharmacy-related settings were: 22 primary care (55.00%); 10 hospital pharmacy (25.00%); 7 community pharmacy (17.50%); one primary care and hospital pharmacy (2.50%). The majority of the evaluations (33, 82.50%) reported clinical outcomes, six (15.00%) measured clinical and economic outcomes, and one (2.50%) economic only. Twelve (30.00%) quantitative studies and no qualitative study met objective criteria for “relatively conservative” quality. Using a lower “relatively liberal” benchmark, 27 quantitative (81.82%) and four qualitative (57.41%) studies met the lower quality criterion.Conclusion: Worldwide, few evaluations of mobile health, telehealth, smart pump and monitoring technologies in pharmacy-related setting have been published.Their quality is often below the standard necessary for inclusion in a systematic review mainly due to inadequate study design.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphar.2018.00678/fullpharmacypharmaceutical caremobile healthtelehealthsmart pumpsmonitoring technologies |
spellingShingle | Darrin Baines Imandeep K. Gahir Afthab Hussain Amir J. Khan Philip Schneider Syed S. Hasan Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar A Scoping Review of the Quality and the Design of Evaluations of Mobile Health, Telehealth, Smart Pump and Monitoring Technologies Performed in a Pharmacy-Related Setting Frontiers in Pharmacology pharmacy pharmaceutical care mobile health telehealth smart pumps monitoring technologies |
title | A Scoping Review of the Quality and the Design of Evaluations of Mobile Health, Telehealth, Smart Pump and Monitoring Technologies Performed in a Pharmacy-Related Setting |
title_full | A Scoping Review of the Quality and the Design of Evaluations of Mobile Health, Telehealth, Smart Pump and Monitoring Technologies Performed in a Pharmacy-Related Setting |
title_fullStr | A Scoping Review of the Quality and the Design of Evaluations of Mobile Health, Telehealth, Smart Pump and Monitoring Technologies Performed in a Pharmacy-Related Setting |
title_full_unstemmed | A Scoping Review of the Quality and the Design of Evaluations of Mobile Health, Telehealth, Smart Pump and Monitoring Technologies Performed in a Pharmacy-Related Setting |
title_short | A Scoping Review of the Quality and the Design of Evaluations of Mobile Health, Telehealth, Smart Pump and Monitoring Technologies Performed in a Pharmacy-Related Setting |
title_sort | scoping review of the quality and the design of evaluations of mobile health telehealth smart pump and monitoring technologies performed in a pharmacy related setting |
topic | pharmacy pharmaceutical care mobile health telehealth smart pumps monitoring technologies |
url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphar.2018.00678/full |
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